As the tide turns: the changing HIV/AIDS epidemic and the criminalization of HIV exposure.

نویسنده

  • James B McArthur
چکیده

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 R I. THE CRIMINAL HIV-EXPOSURE STATUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 R A. Origins: Patient Zero and the Presidential Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 R B. The Statutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 R C. Criticisms of Criminal HIV-Exposure Statutes . . . . . . . 722 R II. THE CHANGING HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 R III. CHANGING DISEASE, STATIC LAWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 R A. Eroding Justifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 R B. Definitions of Criminal Exposure to HIV . . . . . . . . . . . 734 R C. The Limits of Prosecutorial Discretion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736 R IV. TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 R A. Revision Is Not an Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 R B. Recklessness Should Not Be the Standard for HIV Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 R C. A Solution: The Traditional Criminal Law . . . . . . . . . . 740 R CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 R

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cornell law review

دوره 94 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009