NCJ Number
110385
Date Published
1987
Length
47 pages
Annotation
This analysis of legal issues and case law related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) focuses on the procedural and policy impacts of AIDS in the courtroom, the prison, the workplace, and the schools.
Abstract
The Center for Disease Control recommends that no special precautions for courtroom proceedings need be taken where one or more participants have AIDS. Under certain circumstances, the imposition of criminal sanctions against individuals infected with AIDS or other sexually transmissible diseases might be necessary to help prevent the spread of the disease. In addition, under some circumstances a judge may issue a warrant to have an individual tested for sexually tranmissible diseases such as AIDS. Moreover, correctional officers may be required to pat down prisoners while wearing rubber gloves and cannot refuse to have a blood test. Any testing of employees for AIDS should be related to job qualifications, however. 49 references.