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