In this article, we conjoin two long‐standing lines of inquiry in criminology—the study of prison life and the study of sexual assault—by using original qualitative and quantitative data from 315 transgender women incarcerated in 27 California men's prisons. In so doing, we advance an analysis of the factors and processes that shape their experience of sexual victimization in prison. The results of qualitative analysis of 198 reported incidents of sexual victimization exhibit a range of types of sexual victimization experienced by transgender women in prison and reveal the centrality of relationships to their experiences of victimization. Findings from logistic regression models buttress the qualitative results, highlighting a factor that consistently and powerfully indicates vulnerability to sexual victimization is involvement in consensual sexual relationships with male prisoners. Together, the data demonstrate the prominence of intimate partner violence in prison, complicate the distinction between consent and unwanted sexual experiences in the lives of transgender women in prisons for men, and shine a light on the workings of gender in a total institution that privileges heteronormativity at the expense of the safety of transgender women in prisons for men. We discuss the implications of our findings in light of timely policy concerns.

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监狱中对变性妇女的性侵犯：情势和强迫

在本文中，我们使用来自加利福尼亚27所男性监狱中的315名跨性别女性的原始定性和定量数据，结合了犯罪学的两个长期研究路线：监狱生活研究和性侵犯研究。通过这样做，我们对影响他们在监狱中遭受性侵害经历的因素和过程进行了分析。对198例报告的性受害事件进行定性分析的结果显示，变性妇女在监狱中经历了各种类型的性受害，并揭示了与其受害经历之间关系的核心。逻辑回归模型的发现支持定性结果，强调一个始终如一地强有力地表明易受性侵害的因素是与男性囚犯达成了自愿的性关系。这些数据加在一起表明，在监狱中亲密伴侣的暴力行为十分突出，使跨性别女性在监狱中的变性妇女生活中的同意和不想要的性经历之间的区别复杂化，并阐明了在享有异性性特权的整个机构中性别的运作方式牺牲了变性囚犯在男子监狱中的安全。我们会根据及时的政策关注来讨论研究结果的含义。使在男性监狱中的变性妇女生活中的同意与不想要的性经历之间的区别复杂化，并阐明了在整个机构中性别工作的重要性，该机构以牺牲男性监狱中的变性妇女的安全为代价，使异性性成为特权。我们会根据及时的政策关注来讨论研究结果的含义。使在男性监狱中的变性妇女生活中的同意与不想要的性经历之间的区别复杂化，并阐明了在整个机构中性别工作的重要性，该机构以牺牲男性监狱中的变性妇女的安全为代价，使异性性成为特权。我们会根据及时的政策关注来讨论研究结果的含义。