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1 online resource |
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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' |
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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 |
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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 |
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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? |
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'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 |
| Summary |
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 pornography problem. It evaluates the elements of the s 63 offence and critically reflects upon their weaknesses. Moreover, the book presents an up-to-date account of the number of prosecutions initiated and convictions obtained under s 63 since it came into force, alongside an exploration into the corresponding sentencing trends. The first study of its kind in England and Wales since the controversial legal provisions at issue came into effect in 2009, this book contributes new evidence to the application of the extreme pornography provisions and will play an important role in shaping debates on the prosecution of similar offences in the coming years. This book will serve as an invaluable resource to all those with an interest in law, criminology, sociology of deviance, sexuality and pornography studies |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Pornography -- Great Britain
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Crime & criminology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Pornography
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Great Britain
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Akrivos, Dimitris, author.
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| ISBN |
9783319489711 |
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3319489712 |
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