Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV)

The Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV) is part of the BJS National Prison Rape Statistics Program to gather mandated data on the incidence of prevalence of sexual assault in correctional facilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108- 79). This is an administrative data collection based on allegations of sexual victimization by other inmates or staff which are reported to correctional authorities. The collection includes an enumeration of incidents reported to state prison systems, state juvenile correctional systems, the federal prison system, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. military, and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, and facilities in Indian country. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim(s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes.

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Changes Over Time

Publications & Products

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Collection Period

Annually starting in 2004

Questionnaires

	SSV1 - Federal Bureau of Prisons
		2009 PDF (152K) \| 2008 PDF (149K) \| 2007 PDF (166K) \| 2006 PDF (120K) \| 2005 PDF (154K) \| 2004 PDF (89K)
	SSV2 - State Prison Systems
		2009 PDF (152K) \| 2008 PDF (163K) \| 2007 PDF (167K) \| 2006 PDF (121K) \| 2005 PDF (953K) \| 2004 PDF (89K)
	SSV3 - Local Jail Jurisdictions
		2009 PDF (157K) \| 2008 PDF (166K) \| 2007 PDF (169K) \| 2006 PDF (121K) \| 2005 PDF (158K) \| 2004 PDF (94K)
	SSV4 - Other Correctional Facilities
		2009 PDF (143K) \| 2008 PDF (153K) \| 2007 PDF (169K) \| 2006 PDF (129K) \| 2005 PDF (158K) \| 2004 PDF (94K)
	SSV5 - State Juvenile Systems
		2009 PDF (145K) \| 2008 PDF (154K) \| 2007 PDF (171K) \| 2006 PDF (75K) \| 2005 PDF (160K) \| 2004 PDF (98K)
	SSV6 - Locally or Privately-Operated Juvenile Facilities
		2009 PDF (145K) \| 2008 PDF (154K) \| 2007 PDF (171K) \| 2006 PDF (74K) \| 2005 PDF (159K) \| 2004 PDF (98K)
	SSVIA - Adult Incident Form
		2009 PDF (306K) \| 2008 PDF (169K) \| 2007 PDF (193K) \| 2006 PDF (414K) \| 2005 PDF (179K)
	SSVIJ - Juvenile Incident Form
		2009 PDF (219K) \| 2008 PDF (151K) \| 2007 PDF (151K) \| 2006 PDF (192K) \| 2005 PDF (179K)

Methodology

The Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV) is an administrative data collection based on allegations of sexual victimization by other inmates or staff which are reported to correctional authorities. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim(s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes. The collection includes a enumeration of incidents reported to state prison systems, state juvenile correctional systems, the federal prison system, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. military, and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, and facilities in Indian country. Because the methodology changed slightly each year and varied between youth and adult collections, see the Methodology section in each report for additional details.

Changes Over Time

In 2005 BJS began gathering information on substantiated incidents of sexual victimization.

Publications & Products

The following publications and products were generated by BJS using data from this collection.

PREA Data Collection Activities, 2012 The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79) requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress, not later than June 30 of each year, a report on the activities of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) for the preceding calendar year.
	PDF (388K) \| ASCII file (23K) Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011 The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79) requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review of the incidence and effects of prison rape in randomly selected federal, state, and county correctional facilities.
	PDF (470KB) \| ASCII file (14KB) Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2007-2008 Examines 2007 and 2008 data from the Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV). Conducted since 2004, the SSV is an annual collection of official records on incidents of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate sexual victimization.
	Press Release \| PDF (692K) \| ASCII file (94K) \| Spreadsheets (Zip format) Part of the Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities Series
Sexual Violence Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2005-06 Presents data from the 2005 and 2006 Survey on Sexual Violence, an administrative records collection of incidents required under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) of youth-on-youth and staff-on-youth sexual violence reported to juvenile correctional authorities.
	Press Release \| PDF (221K) \| ASCII file (31K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 45K) \| To order paper version
Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2006 Presents data from the Survey on Sexual Violence, 2006, an administrative records collection of incidents of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate sexual violence reported to correctional authorities.
	Press Release \| PDF (357K) \| ASCII file (33K) \| Spreadsheet (22K) \| To order paper version Part of the Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities Series
Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2005 Presents data from the Survey on Sexual Violence, 2005, an administrative records collection of incidents of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate sexual violence reported to correctional authorities.
	Press Release \| PDF (337K) \| ASCII file (34K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 60K) \| To order paper version Part of the Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities Series
Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2004 Presents data from the Survey on Sexual Violence, 2004, an administrative records collection of incidents of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate sexual violence reported to correctional authorities.
	Press Release \| PDF (322K) \| ASCII file (39K) \| Spreadsheet (Zip format 40K) \| To order paper version Part of the Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities Series
Data Collections for the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 Reports on the status of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) efforts to measure the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault within the Nation's correctional facilities.
	PDF (26K) \| ASCII file (651K)

Sexual Violence Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2005-06 "In 2005 and 2006 more than 4,000 allegations of sexual violence were reported in juvenile facilities -- About one in five were confirmed after an investigation"
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Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2006 "Correctional Authorities reported more than 6,000 allegations of sexual violence in prisons and jails during 2006 -- One in Six Were Confirmed After an Investigation."
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Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2005 "Corrections officials reported more than 6,200 sexual violations in the Nation's prisons and jails during 2005"
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Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2004 "Almost 2,100 sexual violence incidents took place in the Nation's correctional facilities during 2004."
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