{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Criminalization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States.
{Author}: Lennon-Dearing R;
{Journal}: Nurs Clin North Am
{Volume}: 59
{Issue}: 2
{Year}: 2024 Jun
{Factor}: 1.617
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.cnur.2024.01.001
{Abstract}: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) criminalization is the prosecution of people with HIV using HIV-specific state statutes, sentence enhancements, and general criminal laws wherein otherwise legal conduct becomes criminalized based on a person's HIV diagnosis. HIV criminal laws perpetuate HIV stigma and discrimination, misrepresent how HIV is transmitted, and are a barrier to HIV prevention and care. Research has found that Black Americans are more likely to be arrested for and convicted of HIV-related offenses. The harm caused by HIV laws on already marginalized communities is long-lasting and severe.