Sexual health and attitudes of Australian prisoners
Overview
The Sexual health and attitudes of Australian prisoners project ran from 2005 to 2008. The project, involving the University of New South Wales' School of Public Health and Community Medicine, aimed to:
- describe the sexual health, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of Australian prisoners using the Australian study of health and relationships questionnaire
- explore factors associated with sexual practices in jail
- examine the impact of condom availability on sexual behaviour in prison by comparing one state with (NSW), and one state without (Qld), a policy of distributing condoms.
University of New South Wales abstract
Contacts
Lead Investigators
Tony Butler
Email: t.butler@curtin.edu.au
Juliet Richters
Email: j.richters@unsw.edu.au
School of Public Health
and Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
UNSW Sydney 2052
Ph: (02) 9385 2517
Fax: (02) 9313 6185
Email: sphcm@unsw.edu.au
Related publications
Richters J, Butler T, Yap L, Kirkwood K, Grant L, Smith AMA, Schneider K, Donovan B (2008)
Sexual health and behaviour of New South Wales prisoners.
Sydney: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales
Yap L, Butler T, Richters J, Kirkwood K, Grant L, Saxby M, Ropp F, Donovan B (2007)
Do condoms cause rape and mayhem? The long-term effects of condoms in New South Wales’ prisons.
Sexually Transmitted Infections; 83(3): 219-222
Butler T, Richters J, Yap L, Papanastasiou C, Richards A, Schneider K, Grant L, Smith A, Donovan B (2010)
Sexual health and behaviour of Queensland prisoners with Queensland and New South Wales comparisons.
Perth, WA: National Drug Research Institute and School of Public Health and Community Medicine (UNSW)
Schneider K, Richters R, Butler T, Yap L, Richards A, Grant L, Smith AMA, Donovan B (2011)
Psychological distress and experience of sexual and physical assault among Australian prisoners.
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health; 21(5): 333-349
Yap L, Richters J, Butler T, Schneider K, Grant L, Donovan B (2011)
The decline in sexual assaults in men’s prisons in New South Wales: a “systems” approach.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence; 26(15): 3157-3181
Malacova E, Butler T, Richters J, Yap L, Grant L, Richards A, Smith AMA, Donovan B (2011)
Attitudes towards sex: a comparison of prisoners and the general community.
Sexual Health; 8(3): 355-362
Malacova E, Butler T, Richters J, Yap L, Grant L, Richards A, Smith AMA, Donovan B (2011)
Knowledge of sexually transmissible infections: a comparison of prisoners and the general population.
International Journal of STD & AIDS; 22(7): 381-386
Richters J, Butler T, Schneider K, Yap L, Kirkwood K, Grant L, Richards A, Smith AMA, Donovan B (2009)
Consensual sex between men and sexual violence in Australian prisons.
Archives of Sexual Behaviour; 41(2): 517-524
Yap L, Richters J, Butler T, Schneider K, Kirkwood K, Donovan B (2010)
Sexual practices and dental dam use among women prisoners – a mixed methods study.
Sexual Health; 7(2): 170-176
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