%0 Journal Article
%T Risky Sexual Behaviors, Substance Use, and Perceptions of Risky Behaviors Among Criminal Justice Involved Women Who Trade Sex
%A A. Das
%A Abenaa A. Jones
%A C. W. Striley
%A L. B. Cottler
%A S. O. Lasopa
%A T. V. Dyer
%J Journal of Drug Issues
%@ 1945-1369
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0022042618795141
%X This study examined risky sexual behaviors, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV)-defined alcohol and substance use disorders, and perceptions of risky behaviors among community released, justice-involved women, who are currently trading sex (CTS), formerly traded sex (FTS), or have never traded sex. Data were derived from 266 sexually active women recruited from a Municipal Drug Court System in St. Louis, Missouri. In an adjusted multinomial regression model, being dependent on alcohol and cocaine was the most robust correlate of sex-trading status (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: CTS = 4.21, FTS = 4.66). Perceptions of sexual risk and HIV were significantly associated with CTS (AOR = 3.39), however, not FTS. Other significant correlates of sex trading status included age, lifetime injection drug use, lower education, child sexual abuse, and unstable housing. Gender-specific interventions tailored toward currently and formerly sex-trading women are needed
%K sex trading
%K drug dependence
%K women
%K criminal justice
%K sexual behaviors
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022042618795141