Criminal law and the risk of harm

A commentary on the impact of criminal laws on sexual and reproductive health, sexual conduct and key populations

Bibliographic Data

ID14950469
AuthorsVeronica Birga (Senior Human Rights Officer, Chief of the Women’s Rights and Gender Section, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights), Luisa Cabal (Special Adviser, Gender and Human Rights, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)), Lucinda O'Hanlon (Human Rights Adviser, Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization), Lucinda O’Hanlon (World Health Organization, corresponding author), Christina Zampas (University of Toronto)
Year2018
Volume26
Issue52
Pages33-37
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09688080.2018.1543991
OpenAlexW2903961182
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

Criminal law is one of the most powerful tools that a State can use to exert control over individuals. It provides a means by which the State may legitimately restrict individual conduct, so as to

Criminal law · Criminology · Environmental health · Harm · Political science · Population · Reproductive health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues

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