Police-Related Correlates of Client-Perpetrated Violence Among Female Sex Workers in Baltimore City, Maryland

To characterize interactions that female sex workers (FSWs) have with the police and explore associations with client-perpetrated violence. Baseline data were collected April 2016 to January 2017 from 250 FSWs from the Sex Workers and Police Promoting Health in Risky Environments (SAPPHIRE) study ba...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2019-02, Vol.109 (2), p.289-295
Main Authors: Footer, Katherine H A, Park, Ju Nyeong, Allen, Sean T, Decker, Michele R, Silberzahn, Bradley E, Huettner, Steve, Galai, Noya, Sherman, Susan G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adolescent
Adult
Aggression
AIDS
AJPH Open-Themed Research
Baltimore - epidemiology
Bivariate analysis
Confidence intervals
Criminal law
Criminalization
Data analysis
Drug abuse
Drug use
Drugs
Ecological risk assessment
Enforcement
Environmental impact
Epidemiology
Exposure
Female
Health education
Health promotion
Health risks
Heroin
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human Rights
Humans
Medical tests
Middle Aged
Occupational health
Police
Police - statistics & numerical data
Prostitution
Public health
Questionnaires
Risk analysis
Risk Factors
Sapphire
Sex
Sex industry
Sex workers
Sex Workers - statistics & numerical data
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Systematic review
Trust
Vagina
Violence
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Women's Health
Work environment
Workers
Working conditions
Working women
Young Adult
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Summary:To characterize interactions that female sex workers (FSWs) have with the police and explore associations with client-perpetrated violence. Baseline data were collected April 2016 to January 2017 from 250 FSWs from the Sex Workers and Police Promoting Health in Risky Environments (SAPPHIRE) study based in Baltimore, Maryland. Interviewer-administered questionnaires captured different patrol or enforcement and abusive police encounters, experiences of client-perpetrated violence, and other risk factors, including drug use. We conducted bivariate and multivariable analysis in Stata/SE version 14.2 (StataCorp LP, College Station, TX). Of participants, 78% reported lifetime abusive police encounters, 41% reported daily or weekly encounters of any type. In the previous 3 months, 22% experienced client-perpetrated violence. Heroin users (70% of participants) reported more abusive encounters (2.5 vs 1.6; P 
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304809