Exploring the Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its Impact on HIV/AIDS Risk-Taking Behavior among Women Prisoners

The Prison Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 442-463

  Mullings, Janet L ^a   Marquart, James W ^a   Hartley, Deborah J ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

female prisoners; HIV AIDS riskbehavior; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043112470     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885503260180     Document Type: Article

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