@article{ref1,
title="Physical health status of individuals convicted of sexual offences: results from an Australian prisoner cohort",
journal="Journal of forensic and legal medicine",
year="2023",
author="Gullotta, Mathew and Greenberg, David and Adily, Armita and Albalawi, Olayan and Karminia, Azar and Knight, Lee and Butler, Tony Gerard",
volume="100",
number="",
pages="e102610-e102610",
abstract="Although the poor health of prisoners poses a serious public health problem, very little is known about the health of specific offender groups. Three waves of an Australian Inmate Health Survey were used to describe the self-reported and objectively tested health of men incarcerated for sexual offences against children only (ISOC), adults only (ISOA), and against both (age-polymorphous; ISOP) compared to men incarcerated without sexual offences. ISOC and ISOP were found to have the poorest self-reported health of all groups, with higher rates of eyesight and cardiovascular problems; however, lower rates of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C as objectively measured. There are important implications for the correctional and public health systems for addressing the health needs of specific offenders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-928X",
doi="10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102610",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102610"
}