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The British Journal of Criminology 38:635-650 (1998)
© 1998 Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (formerly ISTD)

RESEARCH-ARTICLE

ASSAULT IN PRISON

The ‘Victim's’ Contribution

KIMMETT EDGAR and IAN O'DONNELL

Kimmett Edgar is Research Officer at the Oxford Centre for Crimonological Research, 12 Bevington Road, Oxford OX26LH.
Dr Ian O'Donnell is Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust and an Associate of the Oxford Centre for Criminological Research

Assaults in prison occur for diverse reasons. Understanding the role of the victim can help to explain the assault. In this article, concepts developed to analyse the victim's contribution to crimes outside prison are applied to interpersonal violence within penal institutions. A close examination of 96 prison assaults showed how activities which are considered routine in custody increased the risk of assault. Victims contributed to their victimization through facilitation or precipitation, by gaining a reputation for vulnerability, and by increasing the aggressor's sense of impunity. The participants' interpretations of events showed that there may be good reasons for an inmate deliberately putting himself at risk of being attacked


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