Toward an understanding of the perception of hiv/aids-related risk among prison officers
| Autor: | James W. Marquart, David McIntyre, Victoria E. Brewer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Prison medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Risk perception Officer Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Perception medicine Health risk Psychology Psychiatry Law Psychosocial Applied Psychology media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Criminal Justice. 27:525-538 |
| ISSN: | 0047-2352 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0047-2352(99)00023-9 |
| Popis: | One consequence of the drug war has been the incarceration of many offenders who pose a health risk to staff. This article presents an analytical framework to examine the factors that influence staffs' perceptions of the threat of infection. Four risk domains influence an officer's self-rated threat of exposure: (1) psychosocial factors, (2) HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, (3) perception of risk in the prison environment, and (4) risk reduction efforts. Officers with lower levels of education, those who worked with medium and maximum custody inmates, and those who had more high-risk encounters with inmates rated their chances for infection as high. Findings are discussed in light of their practical and theoretical applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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