Incarcerated Girls, Credibility, and Sexual Misconduct in Juvenile Detention Facilities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6459822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A J Powell (0000-0002-9702-3115, University of Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 12-13 |
| Pages | 3137-3157 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Violence Against Women (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10778012251352864 |
| PMID | 40605663 |
| OpenAlex | W4411973486 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
How do correctional authorities and advocates frame girls’ sexual victimization during incarceration? Drawing from 34 interviews with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) personnel, youth advocates for incarcerated girls, and technical assistance providers, I argue that correctional institutions serve as sites where advocates actively construct and contest incarcerated girls’ credibility as victims of youth-on-youth and staff-on-youth sexual misconduct. While carceral institutions broadly deem incarcerated girls as legible victims of some sexual abuse, the “victim” label often fails to secure protection from institutional gender-based violence. Together, interviews reveal how girlhood, carcerality, and sexuality shape incarcerated girls’ vulnerability to sexual violence throughout confinement
Credibility · Criminology · Human sexuality · Medical emergency · Misconduct · Poison control · Political science · Prison · Sexual abuse · Sexual misconduct · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Criers, liars, and manipulators
The Lifetime Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Assessed in Late Adolescence
Cultural Issues in Disclosures of Child Sexual Abuse
Examining the consequences of dehumanization and adultification in justification of police use of force against Black girls and boys
Latina and African‐American Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
Global War on Girls? Policing Girls’ Sexuality and Criminalizing Their Victimization
Control and Protect
Arrested justice
Black Sexual Politics
“You just feel re-violated”
The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency
The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Girls in Juvenile Justice Systems
Framed as (Un)Victims of Sexual Violence
Sex logics
The Effects of Victim Age, Perceiver Gender, and Parental Status on Perceptions of Victim Culpability When Girls or Women Are Sexually Abused
Transmuting Girls Into Women
Conceptualizing Consent
Incarcerated Girls, Criminal Pathways and Multiple Forms of Abuse
They're just made up different”
Being Silenced
The Politics of Surviving
Control and Protect
Intersectionality and Credibility in Child Sexual Assault Trials
Normalizing Sexual Violence
Flexible Coding of In-depth Interviews
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |