Understanding how the science of HIV conflicts with the rationales of HIV specific criminal prosecutions is only one piece of the work of a thoughtful advocate. In HIV criminalization cases it can also be useful to have citations to other resources that are less scientific, such as national and international documents that support decriminalization or call in to question the foundations of criminalization. This Statement provides selected recommended resources specific to HIV criminalization, including policy statements, legal summaries, and representative journal articles on the ineffectiveness of criminal law to promote HIV disclosure or reduce transmission risk behavior.
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