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Perceived Risk Of Aids Among Prisoners Following Educational Intervention, Angela D. Crews, Randy Martin
Perceived Risk Of Aids Among Prisoners Following Educational Intervention, Angela D. Crews, Randy Martin
Criminal Justice Faculty Research
A pre/post quasi-experimental design was used to assess the impact of one state's AIDS education program on male (N = 75) and female (N= 65) inmates' perceived risk of HIV infection on the street and in prison. Post-test only comparison groups of male and female inmates were evaluated to control for the threat of testing. T-tests for paired samples were used to determine whether any significant changes occurred within groups (male & female), and t-tests for independent samples were used between groups to determine whether males or females experienced the greatest magnitude of change. Multiple regression analyses explored the …