Police sexual coercion and its association with risky sex work and substance use behaviors among female sex workers in St. Petersburg and Orenburg, Russia

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-104

  Odinokova, Veronika ^a   Rusakova, Maia ^a,b   Urada, Lianne A ^c   Silverman, Jay G ^c,d   Raj, Anita ^c,d,e  

^a NGO Stellit   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d San Diego   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Police; Russia; Sex work; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COERCION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

HIV; POLICE; RUSSIA; SEX WORK; SUBSTANCE USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; RUSSIA; SEX OFFENSES; SEX WORKERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892956266     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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