Punishing disease: HIV and the criminalization of sickness

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.

"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"

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