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39 Ariz. St. L.J. 467 (2007)
Do Criminal Laws Influence HIV Risk Behavior - An Empirical Trial

handle is hein.journals/arzjl39 and id is 475 raw text is: Do CRIMINAL LAWS INFLUENCE HIV RISK BEHAVIOR? An Empirical Trial Scott Burris,' Leo Beletsky,tt Joseph Burleson,* Patricia Case** and Zita Lazzarini+ SUMMARY All states have criminal laws that can be used to punish sexual behaviors that pose some risk of HIV transmission; half have HIV-specific laws criminalizing sexual contact by people with HIV unless they abstain from unsafe sex, or disclose their HIV status and obtain consent from their partners. Whether these laws influence behavior is unknown. Illinois and New York exhibit contrasting legal conditions. Illinois has an HIV-specific law explicitly requiring disclosure by HIV-positive persons. New York has no HIV-specific law. This study tests the null hypothesis that differences in law and beliefs about the law do not influence condom use in anal or vaginal sex. In this empirical study, 490 people at elevated risk of HIV were interviewed, 248 in Chicago and 242 in New York City. Approximately half in each state were men who have sex with men (MSM) and half were *r This article was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number R06/CCR 118660-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC. The authors would like to acknowledge the wonderful help and support of Matt Cook, David Gregorio, Kristina Arvanitis, Joel Houkom and Sarah Bray. t James E. Beasley Professor, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Associate Director, Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities. J.D., Yale Law School, 1987; A.B., Washington University in St. Louis, 1980. tt Senior Research Associate, Temple University Beasley School of Law. M.P.H., Brown University Medical School, 2004; A.B., Vassar College, 2000. * Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine & Health Care, University of Connecticut Medical School. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1982; M.A., California State University, Long Beach, 1976; A.B., Cornell University, 1969. ** Senior Research Scientist, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health. Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health, 1997; M.P.H. University of California, Berkeley, 1991; B.A. San Francisco State University, 1987. + University of Connecticut Medical School and Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities. M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health., 1991; J.D, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1983; A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1979.

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