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AIDS Inside and Out: HIV/AIDS and Penal Policy in Ireland and England & Wales in the 1980s and 1990s (2020)

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Police; criminal justice departments Public policy Health policy Prisons AIDS (disease); HIV / AIDS Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) 20th century, late Wales England Ireland

As HIV/AIDS emerged in the 1980s as a new and seemingly overwhelming public health challenge, prisons were highlighted as an important location for the control of the epidemic. Yet, they often seemed unwilling or unable to adopt national guidelines. This article compares the policy decisions made by the prison services of the Republic of Ireland and England & Wales in response to HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s, bringing together the histories of penal policy and HIV/AIDS for the first time. It develops our understanding of contemporary policy history, and demonstrates the value of a comparative approach to both penal and health histories. Policy-making was shaped by both national and more localised traditions and trends, from attitudes to criminal justice and responses to HIV/AIDS at the national level, to the histories, structures, and staffing of prison services themselves.

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Authors & Contributors
Brunton, Deborah C.
Tai, Sara J.
Triggs, Jessica
Padamsee, Tasleem J.
Pienaar, Kinar
Handerer, Fritz
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Medical History
Northeast African Studies
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Journal of Social Issues
History of Psychology
Publishers
Palgrave Macmillan
University of Rochester Press
Routledge
Praeger Publishers
Columbia University Press
Boydell & Brewer
Concepts
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV)
AIDS (disease); HIV / AIDS
Public health
Medicine and politics
Public understanding of medicine
Disease and diseases
People
Menninger, Karl
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
England
Wales
United States
South Africa
Ireland
Ethiopia
Institutions
HM Pentonville Prison (The Ville)
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