Child Pornography

Law and Policy

Alisdair A. Gillespie

• Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781136733819
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

Child Pornography: Law and Policy draws on interdisciplinary work in order to critically address the law relating to child pornography. Child pornography is recognized as a specific form of child abuse and there are now many national, and international, efforts to tackle it. Yet despite these efforts, the volume of child pornography, particularly on the internet, is increasing. The law has reacted to this situation by adapting its definitions, increasing sentences and providing new powers to law enforcement. It is, however, unclear how far the law should extend. What should the relationship be between criminalization and free-speech? Is there a link between the "use" of child pornography and contact offending? The issue of child pornography has been the subject of considerable literature in the areas of psychology, sociology and psychiatry. These studies provide the basis for a greater understanding of the nature of child pornography, as well as the profiles and behaviour of those who access or produce such material. Child Pornography: Law and Policy brings this wider literature to bear on the legal and policy frameworks relating to child pornography, questioning both the appropriateness and the effectiveness of the law in this context.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of fi gures and tables
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 What is Child Pornography?
• Chapter 3 Defining Indecent Photographs of Children
• Chapter 4 Other legal definitions of child pornography
• Chapter 5 Virtual Child Pornography
• Chapter 6 Offences Relating to Indecent Photographs of Children
• Chapter 7 Non-Photograph-Based Child Pornography
• Chapter 8 Other Approaches to Criminalising Child Pornography
• Chapter 9 Young People and Child Pornography
• Chapter 10 Sentencing
• Chapter 11 The International Dimension
• Chapter 12 Policing Child Pornography
• Chapter 13 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index