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African-American Prisoners
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Incarceration, African Americans and HIV: advancing a research agenda.
 Harawa N, Adimora A.
 J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Jan;100(1):57-62.
 Abstract
 
Living standards in Black and White: Evidence from the heights of Ohio Prison inmates,
1829-1913.
Maloney TN, Carson SA.
Econ Hum Biol. 2008 Apr 8.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Years of life lost to prison: racial and gender gradients in the United States of America.
Hogg RS, Druyts EF, Burris S,
Harm Reduct J. 2008 Jan 25;5:4.
 Paper
 
Inequality in the american South: evidence from the nineteenth century missouri state prison.
Carson SA.
 J Biosoc Sci. 2008 Jul;40(4):587-605.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Black-white disparities in HIV/AIDS: the role of drug policy and the corrections system.
Blankenship KM, Smoyer AB, Bray SJ, Mattocks K.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2005 Nov;16(4 Suppl B):140-56.
 Paper
 
HIV risk behaviors, knowledge, and prevention service experiences among African American and other
offenders.
Belenko SR, Shedlin M, Chaple M.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2005 Nov;16(4 Suppl B):108-29.
 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
Deaf Prisoners
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Violent offenders in a deaf prison population.
Miller KR, Vernon M, Capella ME.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2005 Fall;10(4):417-25.
 Abstract
 
Linguistic diversity in a deaf prison population: implications for due process.
Miller KR.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2004 Winter;9(1):112-9.
Abstract
Older Persons
 
      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Elders in the justice system: how the system treats elders in trials, during imprisonment,
and on death row.
Gaydon LB, Miller MK.  
Behav Sci Law. 2007 Sep 26;25(5):677-699
Abstract
 
Vulnerability of older adults to deception in prison and nonprison contexts.
Bond GD, Thompson LA, Malloy DM. 
Psychol Aging. 2005 Mar;20(1):60-70.
 Abstract

Older offenders, substance abuse, and treatment.
Arndt S, Turvey CL, Flaum M.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2002 Nov-Dec;10(6):733-9
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  Older criminals: a descriptive study of psychiatrically examined offenders in Sweden.
 Fazel S, Grann M.
 Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2002 Oct;17(10):907-13
 Abstract
 
  Hidden psychiatric morbidity in elderly prisoners.
Fazel S, Hope T, O'Donnell I, Jacoby R.
Br J Psychiatry 2001 Dec;179(6):535-539
 Abstract

 Health of elderly male prisoners: worse than the general population, worse than
younger prisoners.
Fazel S, Hope T, O'Donnell I, Piper M, Jacoby R.
Age Ageing 2001 Sep;30(5):403-7
 Abstract
 
       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Mass incarceration and the graying of the prison population
E Schneider
 (131 APHA)
Abstract
Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)
 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster

 

Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in the
Correctional Setting: Targeting Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) (P44)
D Carr, D Kodagoda, M Campos Bovee ,et al
 (2002 National STD)
 Abstract

Self-Reported HIV Status and Risk Factors Among Incarcerated Men Who Have Sex
with Men (MSM) (P51)
 C Higgins, D Kodagoda, D Carr
 (2002 National STD)
Abstract
Sex Offenders
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Learning to pass: sex offenders' strategies for establishing a viable identity in the prison
general population.
Schwaebe C.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2005 Dec;49(6):614-25.
 Abstract

Personality Disorders and "Psychopathy" in Sex Offenders Imprisoned in
Forensic-Psychiatric Hospitals - SKID-II- and PCL-R-Results in Patients with
Impulse Control Disorder and Paraphilia
Borchard B, Gnoth A, Schulz W.
Psychiatr Prax 2003 Apr;30(3):133-8
 Abstract

Juvenile sex offenders: toward the development of a typology.
Hunter JA, Figueredo AJ, Malamuth NM, Becker JV.
Sex Abuse 2003 Jan;15(1):27-48
 Abstract
 
Trait empathy and criminal versatility in sexual offenders.
Smallbone SW, Wheaton J, Hourigan D.
Sex Abuse 2003 Jan;15(1):49-60
 Abstract

Shame and guilt in child sexual offenders.
Proeve M, Howells K.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2002 Dec;46(6):657-67
 Abstract
 
Diagnosing sexual sadism in sexual offenders: reliability across diagnosticians.
Marshall WL, Kennedy P, Yates P, Serran G.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2002 Dec;46(6):668-77
 Abstract
 
Personality impairment in male pedophiles.
Cohen LJ, McGeoch PG, Watras-Gans S, et al.
J Clin Psychiatry 2002 Oct;63(10):912-9
 Abstract
 
Issues concerning the reliability and validity of the diagnosis of sexual sadism
applied in prison settings.
Marshall WL, Kennedy P, Yates P.
Sex Abuse 2002 Oct;14(4):301-11
 Abstract
 
Personality and deviant sexual fantasies: an examination of the MMPIs of sex offenders.
Curnoe S, Langevin R.
 J Clin Psychol 2002 Jul;58(7):803-15
 Abstract
 		  
Testosterone, sexuality and antisocial personality in rapists and child molesters: a
pilot study.
Aromaki AS, Lindman RE, Eriksson CJ.
Psychiatry Res 2002 Jul 31;110(3):239-47
 Abstract

Clinical effectiveness and cost-consequences of selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors in the treatment of sex offenders.
Adi Y, Ashcroft D, Browne K, et al.
 Health Technol Assess 2002;6(28):1-66
 Abstract

First report of the collaborative outcome data project on the effectiveness of
psychological treatment for sex offenders.
Hanson RK, Gordon A, Harris AJ, et al.
Sex Abuse 2002 Apr;14(2):169-94; discussion 195-7
 Abstract

Managements for people with disorders of sexual preference and for convicted
sexual offenders.
White P, Bradley C, Ferriter M, Hatzipetrou L
 Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000;(2):CD000251
 Abstract

Research and literature on sex offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Lindsay WR.
 J Intellect Disabil Res 2002 May;46 Suppl 1:74-85
 Abstract

Multi-criminal and violent groups among child sex offenders: a heuristic typology in a
2-year cohort of 374 men in two English counties.
Pritchard C, Bagley C.
Child Abuse Negl 2000 Apr;24(4):579-86
 Abstract

  
Transgendered
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Transsexual orientation in HIV risk behaviours in an adult male prison.
Braithwaite RL; Cozza S; Stephens T.
Int J STD AIDS; 10(1): 28-31. 1999 Jan I
Abstract
Mentally Ill
 
          Internet Documents
 
 
FULL-TEXT  REPORT
 Prison needle exchange lessons from a comprehensive review of international evidence
and experience
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
 April 30, 2006
Internet Report

FULL-TEXT  REPORT
Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness
Human Rights Watch:
October 22, 2003
 Internet Report

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
The Penrose hypothesis in 2004: Patient and prisoner numbers are positively correlated in low-and-middle
income counties but are unrelated in high-income countries.
Large MM, Nielssen O. 
Psychol Psychother. 2008 Jun 20.
 Abstract
 
Factor structure of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI): findings from a large incarcerated sample.
Neumann CS, Malterer MB, Newman JP. 
Psychol Assess. 2008 Jun;20(2):169-74.
 Abstract
 
'Old' and new' institutions for persons with mental illness: Treatment, punishment or preventive confinement?
Gostin LO. 
Public Health. 2008 Jun 12.
 Abstract
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Antipsychotic polypharmacy in the emergency treatment of highly aggressive schizophrenic prisoners -
a retrospective study.
Witzel JG, Gubka U, Weisser H, Bogerts B.
 Int J Prison Health. 2008 Jun;4(2):96-103.
 Abstract

The epidemiology of psychiatric disorders among repeat DUI offenders accepting a
treatment-sentencing option.
Shaffer HJ, Nelson SE, LaPlante DA, et al  
J Consult Clin Psychol. 2007 Oct;75(5):795-804.
Abstract
 
Mental Health Service Recipients and Prison Work Release: How Do the Mentally Ill
Fare Compared to Other Inmates in Prison Work Release Programs?
Way BB, Abreu D, Ramirez-Romero D, et al 
J Forensic Sci. 2007 Jun 6;
 Abstract
 
Detection of Malingering in Psychiatric Unit and General Population Prison Inmates:
A Comparison of the PAI, SIMS, and SIRS.
Edens JF, Poythress NG, Watkins-Clay MM. 
J Pers Assess. 2007 Feb;88(1):33-42.
Abstract
 
Patterns and prevalence of arrest in a statewide cohort of mental health care consumers.
Fisher WH, Roy-Bujnowski KM, et al 
Psychiatr Serv. 2006 Nov;57(11):1623-8.
Abstract
 
Structured Assessment of Correctional Adaptation (SACA): A Measure of the Impact of
Incarceration on the Mentally Ill in a Therapeutic Setting.
Carr WA, Rotter M, Steinbacher M, et al  
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2006 Oct;50(5):570-81.
 Abstract
 
Integrated Treatment for Jail Recidivists with Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use
Disorders.
Chandler DW, Spicer G. 
Community Ment Health J. 2006 Aug;42(4):405-25.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of mental disorders in French prisons for men.
Falissard B, Loze JY, Gasquet I, Duburc A, et al  BMC
Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 21;6:33.
Paper
 
Gender- and violence-related prevalence of mental disorders in prisoners.
Watzke S, Ullrich S, Marneros A.  
 Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 Jun 20;
 Abstract

Prevalence of mental disorders among sexual offenders in forensic psychiatry and prison.
Harsch S, Bergk JE, Steinert T, Keller F, Jockusch U.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2006 Jun 19;
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Mental health consultations in a prison population: a descriptive study.
Kjelsberg E, Hartvig P, Bowitz H, et al 
BMC Psychiatry. 2006 Jun 7;6(1):27
 Paper

Understanding community re-entry of former prisoners with mental illness: a conceptual model
to guide new research.
Draine J, Wolff N, Jacoby JE  
Behav Sci Law. 2005 Sep 16;23(5):689-707
Abstract
 
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders, psychopathology, and the need for treatment in female
and male prisoners.
von Schonfeld CE, Schneider F, Schroder T, et al  
Nervenarzt. 2005 Jun 14;
 Abstract
 
Prevalence of psychoses on reception to male prisons in New South Wales.
Nielssen O, Misrachi S.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2005 Jun;39(6):453-9
 Abstract
 
Mental Health in Prison Populations. A review - with special emphasis on a study of Danish
prisoners on remand.
Andersen HS.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2004 Nov;110(S424):5-59.
 Abstract  
 
On the role of correctional officers in prison mental health.
Dvoskin JA, Spiers EM. 
Psychiatr Q. 2004 Spring;75(1):41-59.
 Abstract

Short-term outcomes for offenders with mental illness released from incarceration.
Hartwell S.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2003 Apr;47(2):145-58
 Abstract

Psychiatric treatment in prison: a missed opportunity?
Smith SS, Baxter VJ, Humphreys MS. 
Med Sci Law. 2003 Apr;43(2):122-6.
Abstract

Providing treatment to prisoners with mental disorders: development of a policy.
Selective literature review and expert consultation exercise.
 Earthrowl M, O'Grady J, Birmingham L.
 Br J Psychiatry 2003 Apr;182:299-302
 Abstract

Persecutory ideation and depression in mild violence among incarcerated adult males.
Beal CA, Kroner DG, Weekes JR.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2003 Apr;47(2):159-70
 Abstract

Prevalence of mental disorders among 15-17-year-old male adolescent remand prisoners
in Denmark.
 Gosden NP, Kramp P, Gabrielsen G, Sestoft D.
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2003 Feb;107(2):102-10
 Abstract

The incarceration of individuals with severe mental disorders.
Munetz MR, Grande TP, Chambers MR.  
 Community Ment Health J 2001 Aug;37(4):361-372
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A SAMHSA research initiative assessing the effectiveness of jail diversion programs
for mentally ill persons.
Steadman HJ, Deane MW, Morrissey JP, et al.
Psychiatr Serv 1999  Dec;50(12):1620-3
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            Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Screening for Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Minority Offenders
A Duncan, S Sacks, G Melnick
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
HIV+ inmates and mental illness: Description and implications for release planning
 AM Scheyett, S Parker, DA Wohl, et al
(135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Medical clearance and psychiatric assessment: Key Concerns for Effective Jail Diversion
for Persons with Mental Illness
G Gonzales
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Public policy, & the politics of identity: The hidden barriers to services for people with serious
mental illness returning from jail
AE Blank
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Costs of jail diversion for persons with mental illness: A case study
J Cowell, A Aldridge
(135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
History of arrest in a population severely mentally ill adults
 MC White
 (132 APHA)
 Abstract

Clinical and behavioral risk factors for HIV-1-associated dementia in an incarcerated
population
KD Lucas,  JA. Bick,  J K Baham, et al
(131 APHA)
 Abstract
IDUs/Other Substance Users
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Diagnostic profiles of offenders in substance abuse treatment programs.
Grella CE, Greenwell L, Prendergast M, et al 
Behav Sci Law. 2008 Aug 5;26(4):369-388.
Abstract
 
Community-based co-occurring disorder (COD) intermediate and advanced treatment for offenders.
Melnick G, Coen C, Taxman FS, et al  
Behav Sci Law. 2008;26(4):457-73.
 bstract
 
FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
Study of Methadone Maintenance For Male Prisoners: 3-Month Postrelease Outcomes.
Kinlock TW, Gordon MS, Schwartz RP, O'Grady KE.,et al 
 Crim Justice Behav. 2008;35(1):34-47.
Paper

Incarceration experiences in a cohort of active injection drug users.
Milloy MJ, Wood E, Small W, et al
 Drug Alcohol Rev. 2008 Mar 31:1-7
 Abstract
 
Ethical and human rights imperatives to ensure medication-assisted treatment for opioid
dependence in prisons and pre-trial detention.
Bruce RD, Schleifer RA.  
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jan 14
Abstract
 
Factors related to correctional facility incarceration among active injection drug users in
Baltimore, MD.
Severtson SG, Latimer WW.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Dec 12
 Abstract
 
What works in substance misuse treatments for offenders?
McMurran M. 
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2007;17(4):225-33.
 Abstract
 
Increased HIV Risk Associated with Criminal Justice Involvement among Men on
Methadone.
Epperson M, El-Bassel N, Gilbert L, et al
AIDS Behav. 2007 Aug 18;
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 The Case of Scott Ortiz: A clash between criminal justice and public health.
Venters HD, Razvi AM, Tobia MS, Drucker E.
Harm Reduct J. 2006 Jul 24;3(1):21
Paper
 
Acute hepatitis C virus infection in incarcerated injection drug users.
McGovern BH, Wurcel A, Kim AY, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jun 15;42(12):1663-70.
 Abstract
 
Value for money in drug treatment: economic evaluation of prison methadone.
Warren E, Viney R, Shearer J, et al 
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Feb 14;
 Abstract
 
Methadone maintenance in prison: Evaluation of a pilot program in Puerto Rico.
Heimer R, Catania H, Newman RG, et al;  
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Dec 2;
Abstract
 
HIV Transmission Behaviors in Jail/Prison Among Puerto Rican Drug Injectors in New
York and Puerto Rico.
Kang SY, Deren S, Andia J, Colon HM  
AIDS Behav. 2005 Aug 18;:1-10
 Abstract
 
Treatment during transition from prison to community and subsequent illicit drug use.
Butzin CA, Martin SS, Inciardi JA .
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2005 Jun;28(4):351-8
 Abstract

Four-year follow-up of imprisoned male heroin users and methadone treatment: mortality,
re-incarceration and hepatitis C infection.
Dolan KA, Shearer J, White B, et al 
Addiction. 2005 Jun;100(6):820-8.
 Abstract
 
Sudden rise in uptake of hepatitis B vaccination among injecting drug users associated
with a universal vaccine programme in prisons.
Hutchinson SJ, Wadd S, Taylor A, et al  
Vaccine. 2004 Nov 25;23(2):210-4.
 Abstract
 
Jail management of arrestees/inmates enrolled in community methadone maintenance
programs.
Fiscella K, Moore A, Engerman J, Meldrum S.et al  
J Urban Health. 2004 Dec;81(4):645-54.
 Abstract
 
An exploratory examination of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale among incarcerated black and white
male drug users.
Fernander A, Wilson JF, Staton M, Leukefeld C.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2004 Aug;48(4):403-13
 Abstract
 
Alcohol Use and Incarceration Adversely Affect HIV-1 RNA Suppression Among Injection
Drug Users Starting Antiretroviral Therapy.
Palepu A, Tyndall MW, Li K, et al.
 J Urban Health. 2003 Dec;80(4):667-75
 Abstract
 
A randomised controlled trial of methadone maintenance treatment versus wait list control i
 n an Australian prison system.
Dolan KA, Shearer J, MacDonald M, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2003 Oct 24;72(1):59-65.
 Abstract
 
A randomised controlled trial of methadone maintenance treatment versus wait list control in
an Australian prison system.
Dolan KA, Shearer J, MacDonald M, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2003 Oct 24;72(1):59-65.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk of prevalent HIV infection associated with incarceration among injecting drug users
in Bangkok, Thailand: case-control study
Buavirat A, Page-Shafer K,  van Griensven GJP, et al
BMJ 2003;326 308
 Paper

Prison-based syringe exchange programmes: a review of international research and
development.
Dolan K, Rutter S, Wodak AD.
Addiction 2003 Feb;98(2):153-8
 Abstract

Psychiatric Comorbidity in Risk Groups of Opioid Addiction: A Comparison between
Opioid Dependent and Non-Opioid Dependent Prisoners (In Jail due to the German
Narcotics Law
 Franke P, Neef D, Weiffenbach O, et al
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2003 Jan;71(1):37-44
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Lifetime use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services by incarcerated
women felons.
Jordan BK, Federman EB, Burns BJ. et al.
Psychiatr Serv 2002 Mar;53(3):317-25
 Paper
 
High prevalence of hepatitis E antibodies among Danish prisoners and drug users.
Christensen PB, Engle RE, Jacobsen SE,  et al.
 J Med Virol 2002 Jan;66(1):49-55
  Abstract
 
The role of prisons in the HIV epidemic among female injecting drug users.
Estebanez P, Zunzunegui MV, Aguilar MD,  et al  
\AIDS Care 2002 Feb;14(1):95-104
 Abstract
 
Association between heroin use, needle sharing and tattoos received in prison with
 hepatitis B and C positivity among street-recruited injecting drug users in New Mexico, USA.  
Samuel MC, Doherty PM, Bulterys M, Jenison SA.  
Epidemiol Infect 2001 Dec;127(3):475-84
 Abstract
 
Using a jail-based survey to monitor HIV and risk behaviors among Seattle area injection
 drug users.
Thiede H, Romero M, Bordelon K, et al.
Urban Health 2001 Jun;78(2):264-78
 Abstract
 

 
       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters, and Posters
 
 
Screening for Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Minority Offenders
 A Duncan, S Sacks, G Melnick
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract

 Substance Abuse Treatment for Adult Offenders: The Prevalence and Access Rates Across
Prisons, Jails, and Community Correctional Agencies
 FS Taxman, LD Harrison
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Integration of Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse Agencies: Measurement
Concepts
 B Fletcher, W Lehman, FS Taxman, et al
 135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Estimating the Size of the Correctional Population and Substance Abuse Needs
Using the National Criminal Justice Treatment Practices Survey
 ML Perdoni, FS Taxman, D Young
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Comparison of risk behaviors for HIV contagion among initiators and non-initiators of drug
use in prison
Gl Caraballo-Correa,  CE Albizu-García,  A Hernández
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Long-term cost-effectiveness of addiction treatment for criminal offenders: Evaluating
treatment history and reincarceration five years post-parole
KE. McCollister
 (132 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Long-term cost-effectiveness of addiction treatment for criminal offenders: Evaluating
treatment history and reincarceration five years post-parole
KE. McCollister
 (132 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Prison needle exchange: A review of international evidence and expertise
R E F Jürgens, R Lines, T Kerr,  et al
(15IAC)
 Abstract

Incarceration and risk for HIV and hepatitis in young injectors
 W Kittikraisak, KP Shafer,  PJ Lum, et al
 (131 APHA)
 Abstract