"What makes you think you have special privileges because you are a police officer?" A qualitative exploration of police's role in the risk environment of female sex workers

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 473-480

  Sherman, Susan G ^a   Footer, Katherine ^a   Illangasekare, Samantha ^a   Clark, Erin ^a   Pearson, Erin ^a   Decker, Michele R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; HIV; Police; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXISM; SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STIGMA; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE; ETHICS; MARYLAND; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; POLICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84923069240     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.970504     Document Type: Article

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