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Prison Rape Using a human rights and social work framework

Prison Rape Using a human rights and social work framework. Alex Krafchek. RAINN.

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Prison Rape Using a human rights and social work framework

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  1. Prison Rape Using a human rights and social work framework Alex Krafchek

  2. 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

  3. RESEARCH • Just Detention International • Human Rights Watch • Amnesty International • UN • Social Work Abstracts

  4. 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

  5. PUBLICOPINION

  6. 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

  7. SOCIAL WORK ABROAD VS. US • Application in its infancy • International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) • International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. MACRO VS. MICRO PRACTICE • Push for licensure • Professionalization of the field • Private practice • Reimbursement from insurance

  11. UNIVERSALISM VS. CULTURAL RELATIVISM • Cultural competency standards • Value cultural diversity • Work with diverse populations

  12. REFRAME/REFOCUS ISSUE • Blaming the victim • Blaming the individual perpetrator • Back to macro focus

  13. FUTURE RESEARCH • Education • Steps to connect the two fields • Submit paper to RAINN

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