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The rise of extreme porn : legal and criminological perspectives on extreme pornography in England and Wales /

This book analyses the criminalisation of the possession of extreme pornography through ss 63-68 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. It documents the legislative history of the offence and offers a criminological perspective on the role of the media in the construction of the extreme p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Antoniou, Alexandros K. (Autor), Akrivos, Dimitris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Rise of Extreme Porn; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Background to This Study; Disgust and the Criminal Law; Beyond Offensiveness?; Previous Research into s 63 of the CJIA 2008: A Brief Summary; The Aims of This Study; An Introduction to Our Research Methods; Chapter Outline; 2 Obscenity and Prosecution Practice in the Twenty-First Century; Introduction; Historical Background; The Advent of the OPA 1959; A Time of 'Release and Change'; The OPA 1964; The OPA 1959, s 1: The Obscenity Test; Meaning of 'Article'; Meaning of 'Obscenity'
  • The Likely AudienceThe OPA 1959, s 2(1): Publishing an Obscene Article; The OPA 1959, s 2(5): Innocent Publication or Possession; The OPA 1959, s 4: The Defence of 'Public Good'; Section 4(2): The Opinion of Experts on the Merits of an Article; Comparisons with Other Articles Which Are Not Materially Different; The OPA 1959, s 2(4) and Common Law Offences; Applying the OPA Online; The OPA 1959 and Prosecution Practice: The Obscenity Threshold; Prosecutions and Convictions in the Last Decade; The OPA 1959, s 2(1): Prosecutions; The OPA 1959, s 2(1): Convictions
  • The OPA 1959, s 3: Powers of Search and SeizureObscenity Offences and Sentencing; Concluding Remarks; 3 The Legislative History of the s 63 Offence; Introduction; Background: R v Coutts; Towards 'A Lasting Memorial to Jane Longhurst'; Consultation: On the Possession of Extreme Pornographic Material; Responses to the Consultation; The Growth of the Internet and the Need to Strengthen the Law; Evidence Base Limitations; Serious Incursion into Individuals' Freedoms; The List of Images Set Out in the Consultation Paper; Broadening the Scope of the Proscribed Material; Enforcement and Penalties
  • The Revised ProvisionsThe Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill; 'Where Is the Evidence?'; 'Why Does This Legislation Concentrate on Material of a Sexual Nature?'; Possession of Extreme Images Extracted from Mainstream Movies; The CJIB Before the Lords; Concluding Remarks; 4 The Mediatisation of the Extreme Pornography Debate; Introduction; The Media as Agenda-Setting Agents and the Concern over Extreme Pornography; The Newsworthiness of Jane Longhurst's Murder; Murdered by 'The Subhuman'; An Ideal Victim?; The Visual Appeal of the Story; One Sex Crime Story to Rule Them All?
  • 'Killed by the Internet'Exploring the Intricacies of the 'Evil Web' Frame; Media Justice in Context; Concluding Remarks; 5 Deconstructing the Elements of the s 63 Offence; Introduction; The Elements of the Offence; Pornographic; Extreme; Possession; General Meaning of Possession; Possession and EPI: Cheung; Deleted and Cached Files; Viewing; Excluded Images; Defences; General Defences: CJIA 2008, S 65; Participation in Consensual Acts: CJIA 2008, s 66; Providers of Information Society Services; Penalties and Procedural Matters; Responses to CJIA 2008, s 63; Concluding Remarks