RT Book T1 Punishing disease: HIV and the criminalization of sickness A1 Hoppe, Trevor 1983- LA English PP Oakland, California PB University of California Press YR 2018 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/887524052 AB Introduction : Punishment : AIDS in the shadow of an American institution -- Controlling Typhoid Mary -- "HIV stops with me" -- The public health police -- Making HIV a crime -- HIV on trial -- Victim impact -- Conclusion : Punishing disease -- Appendix 1 : methods : on the anatomy of a social problem -- Appendix 2 : list of bills AB "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. Punitive attitudes toward AIDS prompted lawmakers around the country to introduce legislation aimed at criminalizing the behaviors of people living with HIV. Punishing Disease explains how this happened--and its consequences. With the door to criminalizing sickness now open, what other ailments will follow? As lawmakers move to tack on additional diseases such as hepatitis and meningitis to existing law, the question is more than academic"--Provided by publisher NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN RA643.83 SN 9780520291607 SN 9780520291584 K1 AIDS (Disease) : Social aspects : United States K1 AIDS (Disease) : Law and legislation : United States K1 USA : HIV-Infizierter : HIV-Infektion : Aids : Stigmatisierung : Kriminalisierung : Strafrecht : Prävention