Child Pornography

Child Pornography in the United States

Child Pornography

United States Constitution

According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 623 CHILD PORNOGRAPHYEvery year, thousands of children are compelled to engage in pornographic acts for the production of films and photographs. Child pornography is one of the most insidious forms of child abuse because the victimization does not stop with the physical acts of abuse. In the of
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Child Pornography

Overview of Child Pornography in relation to cyber crime: [1] Child pornography includes sexually explicit or suggestive images of non-adults. For example, photos or movies that contain nude images of boys or girls engaged in sexual activities with each other or with adults is child pornography. To help protect youth from being exposed to and harmed by the making of child pornography, most countries strongly condemn its creation, distribution, or possession. The United States and several other countries expressly prohibit all forms of child pornography, and criminal courts routinely impose harsh prison sentences on law violators.

Cyberporn: Transmission of Images by Computer is Obscene, Harmful to Minors or Child Pornography

This section discusses generally the subject of Cyberporn: Transmission of Images by Computer is Obscene, Harmful to Minors or Child Pornography, how to determine the facts essential to Cyberporn: Transmission of Images by Computer is Obscene, Harmful to Minors or Child Pornography, and, to some extent, how to prove it in litigation and defense. Related topics are also addressed.

Child Pornography (Criminal Offenses)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of child pornography. Then, cross references and a brief overview about Criminal Offenses is provided. Finally, the subject of Internet Law in relation with child pornography is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Resources

Notes and References

  1. By Michael J. Kozak

See Also

  • Types of Cybercrime
  • Cybercriminal

Further Reading

Austrian police uncover global child porn ring. (2007, February 7). See MSNBC News Services Web page: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17022345/; Foley, J. (2005, February 14). Technology and the fight against child porn. Information Week; Taylor, M., & Quayle, E. (2003). Child pornography: An Internet crime. New York: Brunner-Routledge; National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Web site http://www.missingkids.com/ and especially http://www.missingkids.com/ missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=218.

Resources

See Also

  • Legal Topics.
  • Law, Children and the; Photographs of Children; Theories of Childhood.

    Child Abuse; Computer Crime; First Amendment; Freedom of Speech; Obscenity; Pedophilia.

    Further Reading (Books)

    Edwards, Susan H. 1994. “Pretty Babies: Art, Erotica or Kiddie Porn.” History of Photography 18, no. 1 (spring): 38_46.

    Fisher, William A. and Azy Barak. 1991. “Pornography, Erotica, and Behavior: More Questions than Answers.” International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 14: 65_73.

    Geiser, Robert L. 1979. Hidden Victims: The Sexual Abuse of Children. Berkeley: University of California Press.

    Ginsberg, Allen and Joseph Richey. 1990. “The Right to Depict Children in the Nude.” In The Body in Question, ed. Melissa Harris. New York: Aperture.

    Goldstein, Michael J. and Harold Stanford Kant. 1973. Pornographyand Sexual Deviance. Berkeley: University of California Press.

    Heins, Marjorie. 2001. Not in Front of the Children; “Indecency,” Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth. New York: Hill and Wang.

    Higonnet, Anne. 1998. Pictures of Innocence: The History and Crisis of Ideal Childhood. London: Thames and Hudson.

    Marks, Laura U. 1990. “Minor Infractions: Child Pornography and the Legislation of Morality.” Afterimage 18, no. 4 (November): 12_14.

    Stanley, Lawrence. 1991. “Art and Perversion: Censoring Images of Nude Children.” Art Journal 50, no. 4 (winter): 20_27.

    Strossen, Nadine. 1995. Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights. New York: Scribner.

    Anne Higonnet

    Further Reading (Articles)

    PORNOGRAPHY – EXPLOITATION OR OPPORTUNITY?, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); June 4, 1994; COLLEEN O’CONNOR – Dallas Morning News

    Pornography: Formula for Despair., Catholic Insight; June 1, 2001; DeMarco, Donald;

    PORNOGRAPHY IS DANGEROUS AND SO SHOULD BE BATTLED, The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); June 25, 1998; Diane Kipp, of Vancouver is a mother of four

    Pornography not vehicle for sexual liberation; Porn inures men to sexual callousness, abnormal behaviour and regarding women as commodities, writes Fiona Tanzer.(News), Daily News (South Africa); March 24, 2010

    Pornography and Civil Liberties: A Harm-Based Equality Approach to Legislating against Pornography without Censorship, National Forum; March 22, 1995; Itzin, Catherine

    Is Pornography Linked to Rapes?: An Indore-Based Advocate Kamlesh Vaswani Has Filed a PIL Seeking Action against People for Watching and Sharing Porn. in His Petition, the Lawyer States That Sex Crimes against Women and Children Are Fuelled by Pornography. Is Vaswani’s Claim Justified? Will a Ban on Internet Porn Reduce the Crime against Women? DNA Explores, DNA : Daily News & Analysis; April 23, 2013; Joshi, Vikas Garud, Nisha

    PORNOGRAPHY DEGRADES AND HUMILIATES WOMEN.(LOCAL), The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); August 7, 1997

    Contesting Pornography: Terministic Catharsis and Definitional Argument, Argumentation and Advocacy; June 22, 2001; Palczewski, Catherine Helen

    Pornography, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture; January 1, 2000

    Child Pornography and the Restitution Revolution, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; March 22, 2013; Lollar, Cortney E.

    Child Pornography Prosecutions This Week, States News Service; May 16, 2014

    Child pornography prosecutions soaring in US, AP Worldstream; February 5, 2011; PAUL ELIAS

    Child Pornography: Continual, Unimaginable ABUSE, Daily News (Colombo, Sri Lanka); February 19, 2013

    Child Pornography, The Internet, and Congressional Activity., Pediatric Nursing; November 1, 1999; Meier, Eileen

    CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PEDDLER SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 30, 2007

    Mulieris Dignitatem: Pornography and the Dignity of the Soul – an Exploration of Dignity in a Protected Speech Paradigm, Ave Maria Law Review; March 22, 2010; Leary, Mary G.

    CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE DISMISSED, Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME); May 18, 2002; SELENA RICKS

    Child Pornography and the Internet: Policing and Treatment Issues, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law; April 1, 2002; Burke, Anne Sowerbutts, Shawn Blundell, Barry Sherry, Michael

    Perils of pornography, Deseret News (Salt Lake City); October 26, 2006; Deseret Morning News editorial

    Defining Child Pornography; Context Is Crucial in Determining If a Work of Art Appeals to the Erotic or Aesthetic, The Mercury (South Africa); July 24, 2013

    Child Pornography in the Criminal Justice System

    This section covers the topics below related with Child Pornography :

    Juvenile Justice

    Child Protection in relation with Child Pornography

    Health

    Child Abuse

    Exploitation

    Victims

    Special Populations

    Juveniles

    Crime

    Property Crime

    Electronic Crime

    Resources

    See Also

    • Juvenile Justice
    • Child Protection
    • Health
    • Child Abuse
    • Exploitation
    • Victims
    • Special Populations
    • Juveniles
    • Crime
    • Property Crime
    • Electronic Crime

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