Punishing disease : HIV and the criminalization of sickness /

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At the heart of 'Punishing Disease' is a central question: Why punishment? Although public health and medical institutions are designed to manage epidemics and viruses, punishment as an institution is built to manage crime. The tools designed for one job - pills versus handcuffs, hospitals...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoppe, Trevor, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > Law and legislation > United States.
HIV infections.
AIDS (Disease)
Medical laws and legislation.
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Ethics, Clinical
Legislation, Medical
Sida > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Infections à VIH.
Sida.
Médecine > Droit > Législation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Medical laws and legislation
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease) > Law and legislation
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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"
  • Provided by publisher.

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