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

Luisa Cabal, Verónica Birga, Lucinda O'Hanlon, Christina Zampas
2018

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 prevent harm or address harms that have already occurred. In some areas, however, the criminal law ...