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Intimacy and responsibility : the criminalisation of HIV transmission / Matthew Weait.

By: Weait, MatthewMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : GlassHouse, 2006Description: xvi, 240 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 1904385702 (pbk.) :; 1904385710 (hbk.) :Subject(s): HIV infections -- Law and legislation -- England | HIV-positive persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England | AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England | AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission -- Law and legislation -- England | HIV infections -- Law and legislation -- Wales | HIV-positive persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wales | AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wales | AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission -- Law and legislation -- WalesDDC classification: 344.04369 Summary: Matthew Weait provides a critical analysis of the response of the English criminal courts to those who have been convicted of transmitting HIV during sex. He argues that the cases provide us with an important insight into the way in which the criminal constructs the concepts of harm, risk, causation, blame and responsibliity.
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Includes bibliography (p.[209]-227) and index.

Matthew Weait provides a critical analysis of the response of the English criminal courts to those who have been convicted of transmitting HIV during sex. He argues that the cases provide us with an important insight into the way in which the criminal constructs the concepts of harm, risk, causation, blame and responsibliity.

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