HIV Prevention

Criminalization of HIV Transmission

Started by Ugochi Nwosu on 18 Aug 2010
Last edited by Ugochi Nwosu on 18 Aug 2010

After reading the recent news articles from Germany about a HIV+ pop singer facing trial for having unprotected sex, I looked into resources on the effect of policies criminalizing HIV transmission on prevention efforts, but I could only find resources concerning the criminalization of sex work, drug use or risk factors. Are there any studies that show the effect of laws barring transmission?

There's some background on the case here: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/german-pop-singer-on-trial-for-co...

Keywords: criminalization  Sexual transmission