Matthew Weait
Biographic Data
| ID | 4585436 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Weait |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Weait |
| SIGNATURE | WEAIT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Londres |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9630-9859 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Criminalising Contagion
The use of the criminal law to punish those who transmit disease is a topical and controversial issue. To date, the law (and the related academic literature) has largely focused on HIV transmission. With contributions from leading practitioners and international scholars from a variety of disciplines, this volume explores the broader question of if and when it is appropriate to criminalise the transmission of contagion. The scope and application …
Keeping confidence
We present qualitative research findings about how perceptions of criminal prosecutions for the transmission of HIV interact with the provision of high-quality HIV health and social care in England and Wales. Seven focus groups were undertaken with a total of 75 diverse professionals working in clinical and community-based services for people with HIV. Participants' understanding of the law in this area was varied, with many knowing the basic req…
Unsafe law
This paper describes the ways in which, over the past three decades, law has come to serve as an obstacle in the fight against HIV, and how it contributes to the stigmatisation of, and discrimination against, people living with the virus. It argues that in order to make unsafe law safer, policy-makers, legislators and those responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of law must base their HIV response not on populist morality but on the s…
Partners of people on ART - a New Evaluation of the Risks (The PARTNER study)
This observational study will provide missing information on the absolute risk of HIV transmission for both vaginal and anal sex when the index case is on ART with a VL<50 copies/mL in the absence of condom use
Responses to criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission among gay men with HIV in England and Wales
In England and Wales, criminal prosecutions for recklessly causing serious bodily harm by transmitting HIV have occurred since 2003. Understanding how people respond to the application of criminal law, will help to determine the likely impact of prosecution. As part of a wider qualitative study on unprotected anal intercourse amongst homosexually active men with diagnosed HIV in England and Wales, 42 respondents were asked about their awareness o…
Intimacy and Responsibility
In what circumstances and on what basis, should those who transmit serious diseases to their sexual partners be criminalised? In this new book Matthew Weait uses English case law as the basis of a more general and critical analysis of the response of the criminal courts to those who have been convicted of transmitting HIV during sex. Examining cases and engaging with the socio-cultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS and sexuality, he provides readers wit…
Intimacy and Responsibility
Book synopsis: \n \nIn what circumstances and on what basis, should those who transmit serious diseases to their sexual partners be criminalised? In this new book Matthew Weait uses English case law as the basis of a more general and critical analysis of the response of the criminal courts to those who have been convicted of transmitting HIV during sex. \n \nExamining cases and engaging with the socio-cultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS and sexuality…
Harm, Consent and the Limits of Privacy
Criminal Law and the Sexual Transmission of HIV
In what circumstances should those who, during sexual intercourse, transmit serious disease to others, be subject to criminal sanctions? Despite the relative dearth of domestic appellate decisions, this question has provided a feast of academic and policy-oriented commentary and analysis;' and it is a question that has been rendered even more urgent by recent revelations about the dramatic increase in the rate at which SexuallyTransmitted Infecti…
Taking the blame
Traditional criminal law scholarship in the field of offences against the person fails adequately to problematize core concepts, such as responsibility, harm and causation. This article considers different ways in which we might think about such concepts, by exploring questions relating to responsibility for the sexual transmission of HIV. It is argued that the complex meanings associated with HIV transmission are inadequately captured if we thin…
Swans reflecting elephants
The Letter of the Law? An Enquiry Into Reasoning and Formal Enforcement in the Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate
This paper provides an empirical examination of the influences on decision-making by law enforcement agents in an independent regulatory organisation. A distinction is drawn between those external influences which relate to the qualitative aspects of unlawful behaviour in the regulated population and those internal ones which derive more from the structure, ideology, and objectives of the organisation. The paper emphsises the dynamic and continge…
Taking the blame
Traditional criminal law scholarship in the field of offences against the person fails adequately to problematize core concepts, such as responsibility, harm and causation. This article considers different ways in which we might think about such concepts, by exploring questions relating to responsibility for the sexual transmission of HIV. It is argued that the complex meanings associated with HIV transmission are inadequately captured if we thin…
The Letter of the Law? An Enquiry Into Reasoning and Formal Enforcement in the Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate
This paper provides an empirical examination of the influences on decision-making by law enforcement agents in an independent regulatory organisation. A distinction is drawn between those external influences which relate to the qualitative aspects of unlawful behaviour in the regulated population and those internal ones which derive more from the structure, ideology, and objectives of the organisation. The paper emphsises the dynamic and continge…
Harm, Consent and the Limits of Privacy
Unsafe law
This paper describes the ways in which, over the past three decades, law has come to serve as an obstacle in the fight against HIV, and how it contributes to the stigmatisation of, and discrimination against, people living with the virus. It argues that in order to make unsafe law safer, policy-makers, legislators and those responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of law must base their HIV response not on populist morality but on the s…
Criminal Law and the Sexual Transmission of HIV
In what circumstances should those who, during sexual intercourse, transmit serious disease to others, be subject to criminal sanctions? Despite the relative dearth of domestic appellate decisions, this question has provided a feast of academic and policy-oriented commentary and analysis;' and it is a question that has been rendered even more urgent by recent revelations about the dramatic increase in the rate at which SexuallyTransmitted Infecti…
The Letter of the Law? An Enquiry Into Reasoning and Formal Enforcement in the Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate
This paper provides an empirical examination of the influences on decision-making by law enforcement agents in an independent regulatory organisation. A distinction is drawn between those external influences which relate to the qualitative aspects of unlawful behaviour in the regulated population and those internal ones which derive more from the structure, ideology, and objectives of the organisation. The paper emphsises the dynamic and continge…
Swans reflecting elephants
Taking the blame
Traditional criminal law scholarship in the field of offences against the person fails adequately to problematize core concepts, such as responsibility, harm and causation. This article considers different ways in which we might think about such concepts, by exploring questions relating to responsibility for the sexual transmission of HIV. It is argued that the complex meanings associated with HIV transmission are inadequately captured if we thin…
Harm, Consent and the Limits of Privacy
Criminal Law and the Sexual Transmission of HIV
In what circumstances should those who, during sexual intercourse, transmit serious disease to others, be subject to criminal sanctions? Despite the relative dearth of domestic appellate decisions, this question has provided a feast of academic and policy-oriented commentary and analysis;' and it is a question that has been rendered even more urgent by recent revelations about the dramatic increase in the rate at which SexuallyTransmitted Infecti…
Intimacy and Responsibility
In what circumstances and on what basis, should those who transmit serious diseases to their sexual partners be criminalised? In this new book Matthew Weait uses English case law as the basis of a more general and critical analysis of the response of the criminal courts to those who have been convicted of transmitting HIV during sex. Examining cases and engaging with the socio-cultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS and sexuality, he provides readers wit…
Intimacy and Responsibility
Book synopsis: \n \nIn what circumstances and on what basis, should those who transmit serious diseases to their sexual partners be criminalised? In this new book Matthew Weait uses English case law as the basis of a more general and critical analysis of the response of the criminal courts to those who have been convicted of transmitting HIV during sex. \n \nExamining cases and engaging with the socio-cultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS and sexuality…
Responses to criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission among gay men with HIV in England and Wales
In England and Wales, criminal prosecutions for recklessly causing serious bodily harm by transmitting HIV have occurred since 2003. Understanding how people respond to the application of criminal law, will help to determine the likely impact of prosecution. As part of a wider qualitative study on unprotected anal intercourse amongst homosexually active men with diagnosed HIV in England and Wales, 42 respondents were asked about their awareness o…
Partners of people on ART - a New Evaluation of the Risks (The PARTNER study)
This observational study will provide missing information on the absolute risk of HIV transmission for both vaginal and anal sex when the index case is on ART with a VL<50 copies/mL in the absence of condom use
Unsafe law
This paper describes the ways in which, over the past three decades, law has come to serve as an obstacle in the fight against HIV, and how it contributes to the stigmatisation of, and discrimination against, people living with the virus. It argues that in order to make unsafe law safer, policy-makers, legislators and those responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of law must base their HIV response not on populist morality but on the s…
Keeping confidence
We present qualitative research findings about how perceptions of criminal prosecutions for the transmission of HIV interact with the provision of high-quality HIV health and social care in England and Wales. Seven focus groups were undertaken with a total of 75 diverse professionals working in clinical and community-based services for people with HIV. Participants' understanding of the law in this area was varied, with many knowing the basic req…
Criminalising Contagion
The use of the criminal law to punish those who transmit disease is a topical and controversial issue. To date, the law (and the related academic literature) has largely focused on HIV transmission. With contributions from leading practitioners and international scholars from a variety of disciplines, this volume explores the broader question of if and when it is appropriate to criminalise the transmission of contagion. The scope and application …
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Criminal law (7 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sex work and related issues (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Harm (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works)