Criminalization

Is Criminalization of HIV Transmission Effective? Swedish Case Reveals Why the Answer Is No

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abuse, Criminalization, Human Rights, Health, Unaids, Amnesty International, Hiv Transmission, Sweden, Domestic Violence, World News
Marianne Mollmann

The highly publicized use of the criminal law in Sweden to punish those living with HIV for being timid about their health status does not make it easier for anyone to disclose.

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Philadelphia Considers Making Homeless People Criminals

Pat LaMarche | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Jannie Blackwell, Philadelphia City Council, Criminalization, Mayor Nutter, Homelessness, Sister Mary Scullion, Frank DiCicco, Politics News
Pat LaMarche

Not everyone who panhandles is homeless but every homeless person will have a much harder time finding housing if their homelessness earns them a criminal record.

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Berkeley Merchants Plot a Police Clampdown on Youth

Paul Boden | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Social Justice, Human Rights, Criminalization, Homelessness, Economy, Economic Crisis, Policing, Western Regional Advocacy Project, Business, Civil Rights, Politics News
Paul Boden

Across the nation, cities are responding to poverty and homelessness not by creating programs to enable people to survive these harsh times, but by persecuting the victims of an economic downturn of historic dimensions.

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Will Cigarettes Be Illegal In The Future?

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Drug Prohibition, Menthol Cigarettes, Bhutan, Criminalization, Smoking, Marijuana, War on Drugs, Tobacco, Drug Legalization, Cigarette Smoking, Addiction & Recovery, Health, Home News
Tony Newman

Will cigarettes be illegal in the future? The battle over cigarettes is heating up -- and recent news shows that momentum to criminalize tobacco smoking continues to build in the U.S. and around the world.

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The Responsibilities of Being Young, Beautiful and HIV Positive: HIV Allegations Place Pop Star on Trial

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unaids, Germany, Criminalization, Hiv, No Angels, Poz Magazine, Aids, Nadja Benaissa, Barack Obama, World News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

There are valid arguments that show the potential counter productivity of criminalizing HIV when the issue is viewed from a societal perspective.

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Uganda AIDS Policy: from Exemplary to Ineffective

Joe Amon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Uganda, Criminalization, Hiv, World News
Joe Amon

This post first appeard in the June 24 eidtion of The Observer In mid-July AIDS experts from around the world will gather for the 18th international ...

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Taking a Stand to Keep Sitting Legal

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Space, First Amendment, Gavin Newsom, Criminalization, Homelessness, Free Speech, Youth Homelessness, Homeless, Criminal Justice, Sitting, Helping the Homeless, Sidewalks, San Francisco, Compassion, Politics News
Randall Amster

San Francisco is poised to become the latest in a string of cities to adopt a law making it a crime to sit on the sidewalk. While it is the case that ...

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Burden of HIV Disclosure Laws Fall on Women

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Law, Marc Kielburger, Criminalization, Craig Kielburger, Africa, World News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Glorius Kyarihunda was brutally murdered by her husband days after he blamed her for a positive HIV test. She's not alone: thousands of African women suffer violent abuse when they disclose their status.

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The Profitability Of Inequality

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Globalization, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Migration, Criminalization, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Immigrants, World News
Crossover Dreams

The current concept of the "illegal" person has its roots in the Black Codes, used to define who could be enslaved and who couldn't.

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