The proper role of criminal law in checking the spread of AIDS 6 Articles

by Kirk Olivier

Many years ago, if you had leprosy you were not considered a criminal, however you were expelled from the city. Now HIV has come along but it is not practical to expel people from cities anymore. These people cannot be cal...read more

by John Huetteman

First and foremost, I have to clarify something for the record before this gets out of hand. That being said, you can't spread AIDS. You can, however, as a carrier of HIV (whether you are currently diagnosed as having AI...read more

by James Gough

As passing HIV-AIDS has now become a criminal charge,i believe this will have a negative impact on HIV-AIDS & testing.As a PHA =(person having HIV-AIDS)Speaker,i think this will make my job even harder then it is already!H...read more

by Regina Paulose

I am a little puzzled by the title of these articles. The "proper role" of criminal law should be to deter criminal behavior, not necessarily label people with unfortunate diseases as criminals. The arguments made in o...read more

by Oyin Bassir

In most climes there have been reported cases of people living with HIV/AIDS(PLAWHA), knowingly having unprotected sexual intercourse with spouses or patners who are ignorant of their positive status. The question has cons...read more

by Ron Hughes

It is for good reason that we have laws against carrying concealed weapons. Laws exist for the protection of the lives, liberties and property of the citizens who live under those laws. The right to be protected against un...read more