The decline in sexual assaults in men's prisons in New South Wales: A "systems" approach

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3157-3181

  Yap, Lorraine ^a   Richters, Juliet ^a   Butler, Tony ^b   Schneider, Karen ^a   Grant, Luke ^c   Donovan, Basil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Corrective Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; health policy; male rape; prisons; qualitative research; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISON; PRISONER; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX EDUCATION; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052502610     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510390961     Document Type: Article

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