A large specific deterrent effect of arrest for patronizing a prostitute

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Brewer, Devon D ^a   Potterat, John J ^b   Muth, Stephen Q ^c   Robert Jr , John M ^d  

^a Interdisciplinary Scientific Research   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

^c Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OFFENDER; POLICE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUNISHMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

COLORADO; CRIME; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POLICE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 54949085384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000060     Document Type: Article

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