Punishing Disease

HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Health, Health & Well Being, Ailments & Diseases, AIDs & HIV, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
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Author: Trevor Hoppe ISBN: 9780520965300
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: November 10, 2017
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Trevor Hoppe
ISBN: 9780520965300
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: November 10, 2017
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV—mostly stigmatized minorities—began before doctors had even settled on a name for the disease. Punishing Disease looks at how HIV was transformed from sickness to badness under the criminal law and investigates the consequences of inflicting penalties on people living with disease. Now that the door to criminalizing sickness is open, what other ailments will follow? With moves in state legislatures to extend HIV-specific criminal laws to include diseases such as hepatitis and meningitis, the question is more than academic.

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From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV—mostly stigmatized minorities—began before doctors had even settled on a name for the disease. Punishing Disease looks at how HIV was transformed from sickness to badness under the criminal law and investigates the consequences of inflicting penalties on people living with disease. Now that the door to criminalizing sickness is open, what other ailments will follow? With moves in state legislatures to extend HIV-specific criminal laws to include diseases such as hepatitis and meningitis, the question is more than academic.

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