"Criminalization creep": A brief discussion of the criminalization of HIV/AIDS nondisclosure in Canada

Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-66

  Dej, Erin ^a   Kilty, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criminalization creep; Criminalization of HIV non disclosure; HIV non disclosure cases in Canada

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861365984     PISSN: 08293201     EISSN: 19110227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjls.27.1.055     Document Type: Review

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