Article: Syphilis Screening Among Women Arrestees at the Cook County Jail - Chicago, 1996.

Article: Assessment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services in City and ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  June 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... screening using rapid plasma reagin (Stat RPR) (a 15-minute on-site test using ... higher than rates for facilities where no Stat RPR was available Twenty-nine facilities ... Routinely offering women pregnancy and Stat RPR testing at incarceration can prevent congenital ...

Article: US DEPT OF HHS: Drug addiction experts join forces to to discuss ...
M2 Presswire;  November 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... arrested in Seattle test positive for cocaine. --Seattle was the only area, out of 21 metropolitan ar areas, where women arrestees were more likely than men (37.9 vs. 35.4 percent) to test positive for marijuana. --More than 91 percent of the ...

Article: National, Local Drug Addiction Experts Join Forces at Seattle ...
PR Newswire;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... the men arrested in Seattle test positive for cocaine. * Seattle was the only area, out of 21 metropolitan areas, where women arrestees were more likely than men (37.9 vs. 35.4 percent) to test positive for marijuana. * More than 91 percent of the ...

Article: Cessation counseling could address high rate of smoking among ...
Health & Medicine Week;  September 20, 2004 ;     648 words ... ... research on smoking in the criminal justice system has focused on men." Their study focused on the smoking behavior of 836 women arrestees who were interviewed as part of the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) Program. Durrah and Rosenberg included in their analysis ...

Article: UK GOVERNMENT: Women and Criminal Justice System re report ...
M2 Presswire;  August 19, 1999 ;     613 words ... ... criminal careers than men; - women are more likely to be cautioned; - 15% of those arrested are women; the proportion of wo women arrestees is greater for less serious offences of dishonesty like shoplifting and fraud; - women are more likely to be discharged ...

Article: Bangladeshi police women to join Rapid Action Battalion
Xinhua News Agency;  October 27, 2004 ;     427 words ... ... DHAKA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Police women of Bangladesh will join the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) soon to deal with women arrestees during raids and help nab women involved with criminal gangs. They will also be deployed at different points in the capital ...