From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment.
With the door to criminalizing Sickness now open, what othe.
Punishing Disease explains how this happened--and its consequences.
Punitive attitudes toward AIDS prompted lawmakers around the country to introduce legislation aimed at criminalizing the behaviors of people living with HIV.
Calls to punish people living with HIV--mostly stigmatized minorities--began before doctors had even settled on a name for the disease.
From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment