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- Oxford University Press
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- © 2023 National Association of Social Workers
- ISSN
- 0360-7283
- eISSN
- 1545-6854
- DOI
- 10.1093/hsw/hlad004
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Abstract
VIEWPOINT HIV Criminal Laws Are Legal Tools of Discrimination Robin Lennon-Dearing aws should protect people living with HIV knows their HIV status. Notably, most prostitution against discrimination on the basis of their arrests occur during police sting operations where L HIV diagnosis. Yet, in the United States no contact ever takes place. most states have HIV-specific criminal laws that le- gally sanction discrimination against people living HIV DISPARITIES with HIV. Large HIV disparities exist in the United States af- The purpose of this article is to educate readers fecting some minority groups more severely and regarding HIV criminal laws, which have become disproportionately. African Americans, Latino/ legal tools of discrimination that are used against Hispanic Americans, men who have sex with men, people of color and economically marginalized and persons who inject drugs are the most signifi- communities. HIV-specific laws are outdated and cantly burdened communities. The higher preva- do not reflect current scientific evidence. HIV is a lence rates of HIV among racial and ethnic treatable chronic illness in which daily medication minority populations in the United States are can suppress the virus to an undetectable level pre- linked with social determinants of health: poverty, venting sexual transmission.
Journal
Health & Social Work – Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 3, 2023