RT Article
T1 Rural HIV: Brief interventions for felony probationers
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 31
IS 1
SP 125
OP 143
A1 Oser, Carrie B.
A1 Leukefeld, Carl G.
A1 Cosentino-Boehm, Abby
A1 Havens, Jennifer R.
A2 Leukefeld, Carl G.
A2 Cosentino-Boehm, Abby
A2 Havens, Jennifer R.
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764201019
AB HIV/AIDS in Southern rural America has been described as an epidemic. Furthermore, the HIV prevalence rate among criminal justice populations is higher than the general population in both rural and urban areas. One segment of the criminal justice population, felony probationers, has not been targeted for HIV/AIDS interventions and little is known about rural HIV risk behaviors. Probation is an appropriate setting for examining HIV interventions because rural participants can be easily identified and contacted. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to describe an HIV intervention for Southern rural probationers and to profile participants (N=800) on their demographics and risk behaviors by degree of criminality. Results suggest that HIV interventions are needed to target rural probationers, especially those with extensive arrest histories since they engage in high-risk behaviors, including illicit substance use and unprotected sex.
K1 Addiction Severity Index
K1 Sexual Risk Behavior
K1 Drug User
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 Risk Behavior
DO 10.1007/BF02885688