Tystnadens väggar. Oviljan att erkänna och diskutera sexuella övergrepp på män i USA
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FängelsevårdenUSASexuella övergreppMale prisonerSocial sciencesSamhällsvetenskaperHuman rightsMänskliga rättigheterLaw and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
In 2008 USA was the one country that had the most people behind bars, both in numbers andpercentage, 2,3 million people. Of all the male convicts that were being held in custody aroundthe country's different detention facilities, thousands of them were being exposed to sexualabuse, such as rape. This essay will try to understand why there hasn?t been a bigger public outcryin the American community concerning this. It does so by studying the view of rape as a crime ofgender, by examining religion in USA and the Christian view on homosexuality, looking into thepublics thoughts on prisons and the penalty's purpose plus studying theory's of the publics viewon the prisoner. The conclusion propose that different ideas and prejudices that occur in theAmerican society regarding the above topics creates some type of ?walls of silence?/ reluctanceto the problem, which accite to the continuation of the exposed prisoners.