Considerations of Identity
Class & Culture
Just as someone’s racial/ethnic identity, or sexual orientation, or physical/cognitive ability can make them a target for sexual violence, and pose obstacles toward accessing services, so to can a person’s economic class or standing within a particular cultural group. These can include service in the military, experience in the prison system, or affiliation with a religious community.
Resources:
ECONOMIC STATUS ISSUES
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) webinar: "No Place Like Home: The Impact of Sexual Violence on Housing"
[link to web page; presentation content streams inside page using Adobe Flash]
- VAWNet.org: “No Safe Place: Sexual Assault in the Lives of Homeless Women” | Lisa A. Goodman, Ph.D., Katya Fels, & Catherine Glenn, M.A. With contributions from Judy Benitez [available to read online or as PDF]
MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT ISSUES {now on its own page}
PRISON POPULATIONS
Just Detention – seeking to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention
1 in 10 State Prisoners Sexually Abused According to DOJ Study (Just Detention press release; link to report at bottom)
National Council on Crime & Delinquency (NCCD) : Prison Bed Profiteers: How Corporations Are Reshaping Criminal Justice in the U.S. 
| a study on the movement to corporatize corrections in the United States; while the report does not specifically mention sexual assault, it does indicate these facilities “experience a higher proportion of inmate-on-inmate assaults” (pg 8); there are undoubtedly implications for inmates ability to feel safe from the threat of sexual violence in a corrections system that is becoming more privatized.
