More HIV-positive people are being criminally prosecuted for not disclosing their HIV status before sexual encounters—sometimes even when there is no intent to harm and no transmission occurs.  Out-of-date laws and inconsistencies around the world make the spectrum of what constitutes criminal behavior dangerously out of sync with science.

The present research project on HIV focuses on HIV-positive people criminalization in the States.

Resources:

Sex Crime from Poz – October 2009 #158

Criminalization – Poz Special Web Issue

Where HIV Is a Crime, Not Just a Virus from HIV Justice Network on Vimeo.