Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Criminal law

Legislation

Indiana Law Journal

Publication Year

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Law

Rethinking Hiv-Exposure Crimes, Margo Kaplan Oct 2012

Rethinking Hiv-Exposure Crimes, Margo Kaplan

Indiana Law Journal

This Article challenges the current legislative and scholarly approaches to HIV-exposure crimes and proposes an alternative framework to address their flaws. Twenty-four states criminalize consensual sexual activities of people with HIV. Current statutes and the scholarship that supports them focus on HIV-positive status, sexual activity, and knowledge of HIV-positive status as proxies for risk, mental state, and consent to risk. As a result, they are dramatically over- and underinclusive and stigmatize individuals living with HIV. Criminalization should be limited to circumstances in which a defendant exposed her partner to a substantial degree of unassumed risk and did so with a …


The Racial Hoax As Crime: The Law As Affirmation, Katheryn K. Russell Jul 1996

The Racial Hoax As Crime: The Law As Affirmation, Katheryn K. Russell

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Legislative Revision Of Property Crimes In Indiana Jul 1964

Legislative Revision Of Property Crimes In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.