This article considers whether there is a rationale for criminalisation of the sexual transmission and exposure to HIV by reviewing the harm principle. The article then provides a comparative jurisdictional analysis of transmission and exposure in three particularised jurisdictions: England, Canada and the US. It will be established that few jurisdictions truly consider the risk of serious harm, and thus lack a theoretical foundation for criminalisation. A comparison of relational judicial precepts will follow the discussion of extant law in each country. The final part of the article proposes a bespoke new legislative framework that will criminalise certain types of transmission and exposure.

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真的有风险吗？性传播/艾滋病毒暴露的刑事定罪参数

本文通过审查伤害原则来考虑是否存在将性传播和 HIV 暴露定为刑事犯罪的基本原理。然后，本文对三个特定司法管辖区的传播和暴露进行了司法管辖区的比较分析：英格兰、加拿大和美国。可以确定的是，很少有司法管辖区真正考虑严重伤害的风险，因此缺乏刑事定罪的理论基础。相关司法规则的比较将在每个国家的现行法律讨论之后进行。文章的最后部分提出了一个定制的新立法框架，将某些类型的传播和暴露定为刑事犯罪。