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Limiting options: sex ratios, incarceration rates, and sexual risk behavior among people on probation and parole.

TitleLimiting options: sex ratios, incarceration rates, and sexual risk behavior among people on probation and parole.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsGreen, Traci C., Enrique R. Pouget, Magdalena Harrington, Faye S. Taxman, Anne G. Rhodes, Daniel Oʼconnell, Steven S. Martin, Michael Prendergast, and Peter D. Friedmann
JournalSexually transmitted diseases
Volume39
Issue6
Pagination424-30
Date Published2012 Jun
ISSN1537-4521
KeywordsAdult, African Americans, African Continental Ancestry Group, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Health Status Disparities, Hispanic Americans, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Male, Prisoners, Risk Factors, Sexual Partners, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Substance-Related Disorders, United States, Young Adult
AbstractTo investigate how incarceration may affect risk of acquiring HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, we tested associations of ex-offenders' sexual risk behavior with the male-female sex ratio and the male incarceration rate.
DOI10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318254c81a
Alternate JournalSex Transm Dis

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