prison rape using a human rights and social work framework
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PRISON RAPE USING A HUMAN
RIGHTS AND SOCIAL WORK FRAMEWORK
Alex Krafchek
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RAINN
MISSION:The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization.
RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and the National Sexual Assault Online
Hotline at rainn.org, and publicizes the hotlines’ free, confidential services; educates the public about sexual violence; and leads national efforts to prevent sexual violence, improve services to victims and ensure that
rapists are brought to justice
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RESEARCH
• Just Detention International• Human Rights Watch• Amnesty International• UN• Social Work Abstracts
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PRISON VS. GENERAL PUBLIC• Youth: 12%• Adults: 4.4% of prison inmates and 3.1% of jail
inmates• Power and Inmate Hierarchy• Targets for future abuse• Vulnerable groups• Lack of counseling available• Fear of retaliation (“snitching”)• HIV & STDs/Public health concerns• Slavery
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PUBLICOPINION
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LAWS
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1992
• The Optional Protocol to the ICCPR • Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in 2003• Optional Protocol to CAT
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SOCIAL WORK ABROAD VS. US
• Application in its infancy• International Federation of Social Workers
(IFSW)• International Association of Schools of Social
Work (IASSW)
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SOCIAL JUSTICE VS. HUMAN RIGHTS
• Libertarian, utilitarian, egalitarian theory• Encyclopedia of Social Work lists three parts
to social justice, including: legal, commutative and distributive justice
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NEEDS VS. RIGHTS
• DEF: “The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty…”
• Rights focus brings accountability, entitlements, obligations
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MACRO VS. MICRO PRACTICE
• Push for licensure• Professionalization of the field• Private practice• Reimbursement from insurance
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UNIVERSALISM VS. CULTURAL RELATIVISM
• Cultural competency standards• Value cultural diversity• Work with diverse populations
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REFRAME/REFOCUS ISSUE
• Blaming the victim • Blaming the individual perpetrator• Back to macro focus
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FUTURE RESEARCH
• Education• Steps to connect the two fields• Submit paper to RAINN