Punishing Disease

HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness

Trevor Hoppe (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2017
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-29160-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Trevor Hoppe is Assistant Professor of Sociology at University at Albany, State University of New York, and coeditor of The War on Sex.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction. Punishment: AIDS in the Shadow of an American Institution

Part One: Punitive Disease Control

1. Controlling Typhoid Mary
2. “HIV Stops with Me”
3. The Public Health Police

Part Two: The Criminalization of Sickness

4. Making HIV a Crime
5. HIV on Trial
6. Victim Impact
Conclusion. Punishing Disease

Appendix 1. Methods: On Analyzing the Anatomy of a Social Problem
Appendix 2. State HIV Bills
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2018
Zusatzinfo	22 b&w
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-29160-3 / 0520291603
ISBN-13	978-0-520-29160-7 / 9780520291607
Zustand	Neuware