Abstract
Abstract Only a few interventions have been designed to address violence in women's lives, both as victims or as perpetrators. Moreover, women in prison are consistently reported to have more complex histories of exposure to violence, trauma, and abuse than their male counterparts. More than 6500 women currently reside in California's state prisons, with two-thirds serving lengthy sentences for violent crimes. Recent policy changes regarding violent crimes require changes in the type of programming and services offered to these incarcerated women. This study examines results from the intervention, Beyond Violence, a trauma-informed and gender-responsive approach to violence prevention that was provided to women serving sentences for violent crimes (n = 91) in two California prisons. The curricula were facilitated by 29 incarcerated peer educators to 62 women in the general population in the prison. The majority of the participants met the criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder at baseline (55% of the ...
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