2004 - present
The Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV) is part of BJS's National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which gathers mandated data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual victimization in adult correctional and juvenile justice 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/youth or staff that are reported to authorities. The collection includes an enumeration of allegations and substantiated incidents reported to state prison systems; state juvenile correctional systems; the federal prison system; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. military; and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, facilities in Indian country, and local and private juvenile justice facilities. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim(s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes.
The Survey of Sexual Victimization, formerly known as the Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV), is an administrative data collection based on allegations and substantiated incidents of sexual victimization by other inmates/youth or staff that are reported to adult correctional and juvenile justice authorities. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim(s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes. The collection includes an enumeration of allegations and substantiated incidents reported to state prison systems; state juvenile correctional systems; the federal prison system; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. military; and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, facilities in Indian country, and local and private juvenile justice facilities. Because the methodology changes slightly each year and varies between youth and adult collections, see the methodology section in each report for additional details.
SSV2 - State Prison Systems
SSV3 - Local Jail Jurisdictions
SSV5 - State Juvenile Systems
SSV1 - Federal Bureau of Prisons
SSV4 - Other Correctional Facilities
SSVIA - Adult Incident Form
SSV6 - Locally or Privately Operated Juvenile Facilities
SSVIJ - Juvenile Incident Form
PREA Data Collection Activities, Calendar Year 2022
Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Justice Authorities, 2013-2018
Survey of Sexual Victimization in Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012-2018 - Statistical Tables
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2016-2018
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2014
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2009-11
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2013
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2007-2008
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2010
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2009
Data Collections for the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
In 2005, BJS began gathering information on substantiated incidents of sexual victimization. In 2013, BJS began collecting data for inmate-on-inmate sexual harassment.