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The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)enacted by Congress in 2004

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The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)enacted by Congress in 2004 establishes a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of rape in prison.  Even with the passage of this act, prison rapes continue in the nation's prisons.   What steps can a warden take in order to prevent sexual violence in prison?


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Escape Learning

A form of learning in which an organism acquires a response to terminate an aversive stimulus.

Discrimination

The unfair and biased treatment of people from various groups, particularly based on their race, age, or gender.

Operant Conditioning

A pedagogical strategy where the frequency of a behavior is adjusted using encouragement or suppression.

Negative Reinforcement

A type of operant conditioning that involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

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