RT Book
T1 Criminalized lives: HIV and legal violence
T2 Q+ public
A1 McClelland, Alexander
LA English
PP New Brunswick Camden Newark New Jersey
PB Rutgers University Press
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1879564785
AB "Canada has been known as a hot spot for HIV criminalization where the act of not disclosing one's HIV-positive status to sex partners has historically been regarded as a serious criminal offence. Criminalized Lives describes how this approach has disproportionately harmed poor, Black and indigenous people, gay men, and women in Canada. In this book, people who have been criminally accused of not disclosing their HIV-positive status, detail the many complexities of their disclosure, and the violence that results from being criminalized. Accompanied by portraits from artist Eric Kostiuk Williams, the profiles examine whether the criminal legal system is really prepared to handle the nuances and ethical dilemmas faced everyday by people living with HIV. By offering personal stories of people who have faced criminalization first-hand, Alexander McClelland questions common assumptions about HIV, the role of punishment, and violence that results from the criminal legal system's legacy of categorizing people as either victims or perpetrators"--
CN KE3593.A54
SN 9781978832060
SN 9781978832053
K1 HIV infections : Law and legislation : Canada : Criminal provisions
K1 Sexually Transmitted Diseases : Law and legislation : Canada : Criminal provisions
K1 HIV-positive persons : Legal status, laws, etc : Canada
K1 AIDS (Disease) : Transmission : Canada
K1 Liability (Law) : Canada
K1 Violence (Law) : Canada