Attitudes towards sex: A comparison of prisoners and the general community

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-362

  Malacova, Eva ^a   Butler, Tony ^a   Richters, Juliet ^b   Yap, Lorraine ^b   Grant, Luke ^c   Richards, Alun ^d   Smith, Anthony M A ^e   Donovan, Basil ^f,g  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Department of Corrective Services   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

abortion; Australia; homophobia

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRISONER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PRISONERS; QUEENSLAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860420117     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10113     Document Type: Article

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