Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is predominantly transmitted between persons who inject drugs. For this population, global prevalence of HCV infection is high and incarceration is common and an independent risk factor for HCV acquisition. To explore HCV transmission dynamics in incarcerated populations, we integrated virus sequences with risk behavior and spatiotemporal data and analyzed transmission c...

Introduction Why have we economists been convinced for so long that our old friend, homo eco-nomicus must be selfish? No doubt we find considerable support for this hypothesis in the behavior of our colleagues. We might also expect that evolutionary pressures tend to produce selfish behavior–with the notable exception of the relation between parents and offspring. But can we expect natural sele...

antisocial personality has some clear symptoms as impulsivity, unstable emotions, aggression, drinking, use of drugs, early initiation of sexual behavior make some difficulties and problems in their relations with family members and those who have interaction with them and at least in society. according to the mentioned symptoms of this personality disorder in this research project, it has been...

The risk of sexual misconduct by forensic professionals appears at first glance to be far less than the risk of sexual misconduct by other clinical professionals. Yet, Faulkner and Regehr's article draws our attention to the unique and intriguing situation of females working in forensic settings and the very real risk of their engaging in sexual misconduct with male prisoners. The female worker...

OBJECTIVE We wished to examine whether resilience might be a protective factor in relation to suicidal behavior. METHOD To do this resilience was examined in relation to childhood trauma, a well established risk factor for suicidal behavior, in two samples. In a preliminary sample 20 abstinent substance abuse patients who had attempted suicide were matched for age and their score on the Child...

conclusions the current study shows that the predominant hcv genotype among inmates from prison in potulice is genotype 3. results the most frequent hcv genotype among inmates was genotype 3, which was detected in169 of 281 patients (60.1%). most frequent genotype among hospitalized was genotype 1, which was found in 1127 cases (79.6%). comparing the results of prisoners with a group of patient...

This article introduces a model of rationality that combines procedural utility over actions with consequential utility over payo¤s. It applies the model to the Prisoners’ Dilemma and shows that empirically observed cooperative behaviors can be rationally explained by a procedural utility for cooperation. The model characterizes the situations in which cooperation emerges as a Nash equilibrium....