Sex Trading Among Hazardously Drinking Jailed Women |
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| Authors: | Yael Chatav Schonbrun Jennifer Johnson Bradley J Anderson Michael D Stein |
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| Institution: | 1. Butler Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USAyael_chatav_schonbrun@brown.edu;3. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Division of Public Health, Flint, Michigan, USA;4. Butler Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
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| Abstract: | For women involved in sex trading, both alcohol problems and passage through the criminal justice system are highly prevalent. This study is the 1st to conduct a focused examination of factors associated with sex trading among hazardously drinking, pretrial, jailed women. Cocaine use, social support for alcohol abstinence, and more days incarcerated in the 90 days leading up to the index incarceration were significantly associated with sex trading involvement among alcoholic women. Helping incarcerated alcoholic women reduce cocaine use and improve sober support networks during and following an incarceration may minimize sex trading after release. |
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| Keywords: | alcohol incarceration jail sex trading women |
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