title: Lesbianism in female and coed correctional institutions.
abstract: Questionnaire responses from 13- to 17-year-old girls in four all-female and three coed institutions were used to determine rates and causes of institutional homosexuality. Rates were as high in coed as in single-sexed institutions. The overall rates of homosexuality for all seven institutions were 14% for "going with or being married" to another girl, 10% for passionately kissing, 10% for writing love letters, and 7% for having sex, beyond hugging and kissing, with another girl. The data suggest that previous homosexuality, often experienced in other correctional programs, explains much of the variance in institutional homosexuality.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014481:United States