Violence against women associated with arrests for sex trade but not drug charges

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-211

  Raj, Anita ^a   Clarke, Jennifer G ^b   Silverman, Jay G ^c   Rose, Jennifer ^b   Rosengard, Cynthia ^b   Hebert, Megan ^b   Stein, Michael ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Division of Public Health Practice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRISON; PRISONER; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PROSTITUTION; RHODE ISLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33646478737     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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