This article examines the scope and meaning of ‘sexual harm’ within the context of ancillary sentencing orders in England and Wales. It argues that the statutory definition provided in the Sexual Offences Act 2003, recently replicated in the Sentencing Act 2020, does not extend to the transmission of sexually communicable infections and that, subsequently, it is inappropriate for Sexual Harm Prevention Orders to be imposed with the aim of preventing transmissions of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It suggests that recent case law reinforces this point and that the questions this raises reflect the broader need for further scrutiny of the aims and purposes of sentencing, and criminalisation more generally, in instances of STI transmission.

本文在英格兰和威尔士的辅助量刑令中考察了“性伤害”的范围和含义。它辩称，最近在2020年《判刑法》中复制的2003年《性犯罪法》所提供的法定定义并未扩展到性传染病的传播，因此，随后与《刑法》一起颁布的《性危害预防令》是不适当的。目的是防止性传播感染（STI）的传播。它表明，最近的判例法进一步证明了这一点，并且提出的问题反映了更广泛的需求，即进一步审查量刑的目的和目的，并在性传播感染传播的情况下将其更普遍地定为刑事犯罪。