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General Reports
 
     News
 
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL-TEXT REPORT
US Policy and International Standards on the Rights and Interests of Victims of Crime
Human Rights Watch Sept 26, 2008
 Paper
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 FULL-TEXT REPORT
 Thousands of Children Sentenced to Life without Parole
Human Rights Watch October 12, 2005
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Jails Arrive at the Forefront of Public Health Efforts
Positive Populations Vol 6, No 6
 News Feature
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Correctional Committee Studies Cases and Shares Strategies
Positive Populations Vol 6, No 6
 News Feature
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Corrections and Public Health Find Common Ground
 Positive Populations  Vol 6,  No 4
News Feature

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 New Technology Leads to More HIV Testing in Jails
Positive Populations  Vol 5, No 6
News Feature

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Incarcerated America
Human Rights Watch Backgrounder  April 2003
PDF Paper

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Gender Differences in HIV Risk Behaviors of Inmates.
Abiona TC, Adefuye AS, Balogun JA, Sloan PE.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Dec 23
 Abstract
 
PREP inside and out: marriage education for inmates.
Einhorn L, Williams T, Stanley S, et al   
Fam Process. 2008 Sep;47(3):341-56.
 Abstract
 
Maternal distress and women's reentry into family and community life.
Arditti J, Few A.
Fam Process. 2008 Sep;47(3):303-21
 Abstract
 
Criminal (in)justice in the city and its associated health consequences.
Golembeski C, Fullilove R. 
Am J Public Health. 2008 Sep;98(9 Suppl):S185-90.
 Abstract
 
Effects of Offender Motivation, Victim Gender, and Participant Gender on Perceptions of Rape Victims
and Offenders.
Mitchell D, Angelone DJ, Kohlberger B, Hirschman R.
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Sep 3.
 Abstract
 
Access to condoms in U.S. prisons.
McLemore M. 
HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2008 Jul;13(1):20-4.
 Abstract
 
Performance of the CJDATS Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instruments (CODSIs) among Minority
Offenders.
Duncan A, Sacks S, Melnick G, et al 
Behav Sci Law. 2008 Aug 5;26(4):351-368.
Abstract

AIDS stigma among inmates and staff in a USA state prison.
Derlega VJ, Winstead BA, Brockington JE Jr.
Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Apr;19(4):259-63.
 Abstract
 
Recidivism in HIV-Infected Incarcerated Adults: Influence of the Lack of a High School Education.
White MC, Marlow E, Tulsky JP, et al
J Urban Health. 2008 Apr 17
Abstract
 
Physical and Property Victimization Behind Bars: A Multilevel Examination.
Lahm KF.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2008 Apr 8
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Research on the Caretaking of Children of Incarcerated Parents: Findings and Their Service
Delivery Implications.
Hanlon TE, Carswell SB, Rose M.  
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2007 Mar;29(3):384-362.
 Paper
 
Further evidence of the divergent correlates of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory factors:
Prediction of institutional misconduct among male prisoners.
Edens JF, Poythress NG, Lilienfeld SO,et al 
Psychol Assess. 2008 Mar;20(1):86-91.
 Abstract
 
Years of life lost to prison: racial and gender gradients in the United States of America.
Hogg RS, Druyts EF, Burris S, et al
 Harm Reduct J. 2008 Jan 25;5(1):4
 Paper
 
Incarceration, African Americans and HIV: advancing a research agenda.
Harawa N, Adimora A.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Jan;100(1):57-62.
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Specialized Prisons and Services: Results From a National Survey
Cropsey KL, Wexler HK, Melnick G, et al
Prison J. 2007;87:58-85.
 Paper

Neurological function and HIV risk behaviors of female prison inmates.
Brewer-Smyth K, Bucurescu G, et al
J Neurosci Nurs. 2007 Dec;39(6):361-72
 Abstract
 
An exploration of correctional staff members' views of inmate amenities: a scaling approach.
Higgins GE, Mustaine EE, Tewksbury R, et al  
J Appl Meas. 2008;9(1):36-44.
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the Juvenile
to the Adult Justice System
CDC 
MMWR Recommendations and Reports  November 30, 2007 / Vol. 56 / No. RR–9
 Paper
 
Taxometric analysis of the antisocial features scale of the personality assessment inventory
in federal prison inmates.
Walters GD, Diamond PM, Magaletta PR, et al 
Assessment. 2007 Dec;14(4):351-60.
 Abstract
 
In their own words: older male prisoners' health beliefs and concerns for the future.
Loeb SJ, Steffensmeier D, Myco PM. 
Geriatr Nurs. 2007 Sep-Oct;28(5):319-29.
 Abstract
 
Caring for the Incarcerated in the Intensive Care Unit.
Graves KE.
Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2007 May/June;26(3):96-100.
Abstract
 
Effect of Age-at-Release on Long Term Sexual Re-offense Rates in Civilly Committed Sexual
Offenders.
Prentky RA, Lee AF
Sex Abuse. 2007 Mar 2;
 Abstract
 
The contextual researcher: celebrating 'experiential alertness' in grounded theory in
prison research.
Kirby S.
Nurse Res. 2007;14(2):51-65.
 Abstract
 
Risk factors for institutional misconduct among incarcerated women: an examination of the
criterion-related validity of the personality assessment inventory.
Skopp NA, Edens JF, Ruiz MA.   
J Pers Assess. 2007 Feb;88(1):106-17.
 Abstract
 
Predicting Institutional Adjustment With the Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form and the
Antisocial Features and Aggression Scales of the PAI.  
Walters GD 
.J Pers Assess. 2007 Feb;88(1):99-105.
 Abstract
 
Prevalence and risk factors for bloodborne exposure and infection in correctional
healthcare workers.
Gershon RR, Sherman M, Mitchell C, et al 
 Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jan;28(1):24-30.
 Abstract
 
Relative efficacy of a multisession sexual risk-reduction intervention for young men
released from prisons in 4 states.
Wolitski RJ.  
Am J Public Health. 2006 Oct;96(10):1854-61.
Abstract
 
Costs and benefits of combining probation and substance abuse treatment.
Alemi F, Taxman F, Baghi H. et al
J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2006 Jun;9(2):57-70.
Abstract
 
Inmate-made weapons in prison facilities: assessing the injury risk.
Lincoln JM, Chen LH, Mair JS, et al  
Inj Prev. 2006 Jun;12(3):195-8.
Abstract
 
Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners: Implications for HIV Prevention Among Young Men
With a History of Incarceration.
Margolis AD, Macgowan RJ, Grinstead O, et al 
Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Feb 6
 Abstract

Sexual behaviours of HIV-seropositive men and women following release from prison.
Stephenson BL, Wohl DA, McKaig R
Int J STD AIDS. 2006 Feb;17(2):103-8.
Abstract
 
Going Home: Formerly Incarcerated African American Men Return to Families and
Communities.
Cooke CL.
J Fam Nurs. 2005 Nov;11(4):388-404.
 Abstract
 
Pathological Effects of the Supermaximum Prison
Rhodes LA 
Am J Public Health 2005;95 1692-1695
 Abstract
 
Public Health Implications of Substandard Correctional Health Care
Restum ZG 
Am J Public Health 2005;95 1689-1691
 Abstract
 
Speaking Out to Improve the Health of Inmates.
Heines V.
Am J Public Health. 2005 Aug 30;
Abstract
 
Behavioral Health Problems, Ex-Offender Reentry Policies, and the "Second Chance Act"
Pogorzelski W, Wolff N, Pan KY, Blitz CL. 
Am J Public Health. 2005 Aug 30;
Abstract
 
Criminal (In)Justice in the City and Its Associated Health Consequences.
Golembeski C, Fullilove R.
Am J Public Health. 2005 Aug 30;
Abstract
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 State Health Departments Struggle to Maintain Correctional Projects
Positive Populations  Vol 6, No 3
 Paper
 
High Rates of Incarceration as a Social Force Associated with Community Rates
of Sexually Transmitted Infection.
Thomas JC, Sampson LA. et al 
Infect Dis. 2005 Feb 1;191(Suppl 1):S55-S60
 Abstract
 
Toxic masculinity as a barrier to mental health treatment in prison.
Kupers TA.  
J Clin Psychol. 2005 Feb 24;
Abstract
 
A qualitative study of substance use and sexual behavior among 18- to
29-year-old men while incarcerated in the United States.
Seal DW, Belcher L, Morrow K, et al
Health Educ Behav. 2004 Dec;31(6):775-89
Abstract

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  

 
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
Sex, condom use, and condom program utilization in a large jail unit for men who have sex with men and
transgender inmates
N Harawa
(XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation
 
Does privatization of jail health care impede the screening of detainees for STD?
A Spaulding
 (2008 National STD)
 Abstract
 
United States: The Nation That Loves Prisons
C Weinstein
 (135 APHA)
Abstract
 
History of arrest in a population severely mentally ill adults
MC White
 (132 APHA)
Abstract
 
Public heal;th epidemics and prisons: Challenging congress to act
A Hafer
 (132 APHA)
Abstract
Human Rights
           

     News

  FULL-TEXT REPORT
 First-Ever Federal Law on Sexual Assault in Prison Passes US Congress
Human Right Watch
July 31, 2003
Internet Document

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Incarcerated America
Human Rights Watch Backgrounder 
April 2003
Paper
Clinical Trials
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV clinical trials in correctional settings: right or retrogression?
De Groot AS, Bick J, Thomas D, Stubblefield E.
AIDS Read 2001 Jan;11(1):34-40
 Abstract
Health Perceptions
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  The effect of incarceration on prisoners' perception of their health.
Blanc A, Lauwers V, Telmon N, Rouge D.
J Community Health 2001 Oct;26(5):367-381
Abstract		  
Riots
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Prison rioters: exploring infraction characteristics, risk factors, social correlates,
and criminal careers.
Graeve CM, Delisi M, Hochstetler A. 
Psychol Rep. 2007 Apr;100(2):407-19.
Abstract		  
Execution
           
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The medical-legal quandary of healthcare in capital punishment: an ethical dilemma
for the anesthesia provider.
Johnson KW.  
 AANA J. 2008 Dec;76(6):417-9.
 Abstract
 
The lethal injection quandary: how medicine has dismantled the death penalty.
Denno DW 
Fordham Law Rev. 2007 Oct;76(1):49-128
 Abstract
 
Is the death of the death penalty near? The impact of Atkins and Roper on the future
of capital punishment for mentally ill defendants.
Shin H  
Fordham Law Rev. 2007 Oct;76(1):465-516.
 Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Lethal injection for execution: chemical asphyxiation?
Zimmers TA, Sheldon J, Lubarsky DA
PLoS Med. 2007 Apr;4(4):e156.
 Paper 

Physician participation in lethal injection executions.
Zimmers TA, Lubarsky DA.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2007 Apr;20(2):147-51.
Abstract
Inadequate anaesthesia in lethal injection for execution.
Koniaris LG, Zimmers TA, Lubarsky DA, Sheldon JP.
Lancet. 2005 Apr 16-22;365(9468):1412-4.
Abstract
 
A new test for evaluating Eighth Amendment challenges to lethal injections.
[No authors listed]
Harv Law Rev. 2007 Mar;120(5):1301-23.
 Abstract
 
Death penalty support for special offender populations of legally convicted murderers:
juveniles, the mentally retarded, and the mentally incompetent.
Boots DP, Heide KM, Cochran JK.
Behav Sci Law. 2004;22(2):223-38.
Abstract
 
Lethal injection, autonomy and the proper ends of medicine.
Silver D.
Bioethics. 2003 Apr;17(2):212-4.
Abstract
 
Medical aspects of capital punishment executions.
Khan A, Leventhal RM
J Forensic Sci. 2002 Jul;47(4):847-51
 Abstract

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