Confronting HIV/Aids in South African prisons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6213506 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K C Goyer, Jeff Gow (0000-0002-5726-298X) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-206 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politikon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9346 • E-ISSN: 1470-1014 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589340120091655 |
| OpenAlex | W1991671239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Within the South African prison system there are major problems like overcrowding and violence. A major problem which has received little attention is HIV/AIDS. The characteristics of the prison population makes them more highly susceptible to HIV infection than other people in South Africa. This in a society with already record-high levels of HIV infection. Government policies toward, and practices within, prisons basically ignore the HIV problem in the vain hope that it will go away. It will not go away. The dimensions of the level of HIV infection in prison is unknown and unmanaged
Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Government (linguistics · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Overcrowding · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Sociology · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Medicine · Virology
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |