by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | HIV Criminalization Research
Know the FACTS about Criminalization Reform progress – From 2013 to 2015, at least 104 prosecutions took place in the US under HIV criminalization laws. The US is 2nd in the world in prosecutions; prosecuting more people under HIV criminalization laws than any...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | HIV Criminalization Research
To meet the National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s goals of reducing and preventing HIV transmission, understanding factors that shape HIV-positive persons’ care-seeking behaviors is critical. Accordingly, this study examined factors that affect HIV care linkage and engagement....
by Sero Project | Dec 10, 2022 | HIV Criminalization Research
Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, policymakers and politicians have been tempted to punish those of us with, and at risk of, HIV. Sometimes propelled by public opinion, sometimes themselves noxiously propelling public opinion, they have tried to find in...
by Sero Project | Dec 10, 2022 | HIV Criminalization Research
Despite the widespread support for decriminalizing sex work amongst public health and harm-reduction activists, there has been little work done to disentangle the complicated way that the criminal law operates to marginalize and disenfranchise sex workers living with...
by Sero Project | Dec 10, 2022 | HIV Criminalization Research
HIV criminalisation is a growing, global phenomenon with profound negative effects on public health as well as human rights. HIV criminalisation represents a serious barrier to scaling up the HIV response; and yet the practice is rarely given the attention and...
by Sero Project | Dec 10, 2022 | HIV Criminalization Research
HIV Criminalization is the use of one’s HIV positive status in a criminal prosecution, either under HIV-specific criminal statutes that apply only to people living with HIV, or under general criminal statutes where charges or punishments are initiated or heightened...
