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Social Policies
The majority of policies created are seen as long-term efforts though “Judicial statutes and evidentiary proceedings are subject to change on a regular basis so social service workers should also maintain an affiliation with professional organizations that focus directly on perpetrator treatment programs; Association of Sex Offender Management and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers” (Ferrera, 2002). Again, child pornography has a relationship to child abuse and child sexual abuse, so laws and treatments may be connected as well, though child pornography does have it laws and services solely for its purpose.
Current Laws
Some laws can go back to the 1900’s and are still going forward today. For example, “Congress has focused their attention on the scope of Child Pornography for 30 years” (US Department of Justice, 2015). This attention reflects on the United States Code Title 18 §2251-2260 (18 U.S.C.)” and the Public Law 112-206; Child Protection Act, which was a reauthorization on December 7, 2012, provided in addition to Title 18 (United States Sentencing Commission, 2009) (United States, 2012). 18 U.S.C § 2251-2260 are as follows:
• 18 U.S.C § 2251- Sexual Exploitation of Children
• 18 U.S.C § 2251A- Selling and Buying of Children
• 18 U.S.C § 2252- Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors (Possession, distribution, and receipt of child pornography)
• 18 U.S.C § 225A- certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography
• 18 U.S.C § 2256- Definitions
• 18 U.S.C § 2260- Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States
(US Department of Justice, 2015)
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Effectiveness of Social Policies
As early as the 1900’s judicial or legislative policies have been modified in many ways and many times. Though h the definitions of the problem has not entirely changed, the laws and Protection Acts did. For Example, victimized children were protected by the First Amendment for a brief moment, but in 2002, while the US Supreme Court considered two provisions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996, it was then dropped because it was “overbroad and unconstitutional under the First Amendment” (Reinhart, 2002). Luckily, the United States Code Title 18 covered the problem. The Child Protection Act and the is also re-modified continuously (US Department of Justice, 2016).
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The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 was established because an American boy was abducted form a Florida shopping mall and was later found murdered. The act was signed into law by George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. This act is established to protect children from sexual exploitation and violent crime to prevent child abuse and child pornography to promote internet safety. This act is also known as the sex offender registration and notification act. It was established with the intention to strengthen laws related to child sexual predators. This law was instructed for each state and/or territory to apply criteria’s for posting offenders data on the internet.
In 1973, Marvin Miller, operator of one of the West Coast's largest mail-order businesses dealing in sexually explicit material, had conducted a mass mailing campaign to advertise the sale of illustrated books, which was known as “adult material”. He was found guilty based on the fact that he violated California’s pena...
In her essay “Let’s Put Pornography Back in the Closet,” Susan Brownmiller, a prominent feminist activist, argues that pornography should not be protected under the First Amendment (59). Her position is based on the belief that pornography is degrading and abusive towards women (Brownmiller 59). She introduces the reader to the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, and explains how it relates to her beliefs on censoring pornographic material (Brownmiller 58). In addition, she provides examples of First Amendment controversies such as Miller v. California and James Joyce’s Ulysses to explain how the law created a system to define pornographic material (Brownmiller 58). She described the system that used a three-part test as confusing (Brownmiller 58). Regardless of whether or not the First Amendment was intended to protect obscenities, she and many others believe that the legislatures should have the final say in the decision of creating and publishing pornography (Brownmiller 60).
FACTS= On September 24, 1987, Keith Jacobson was indicted on charges of violating a provision of the Child Protection Act of 1984, which criminalizes the knowing receipt through mail of a “visual depiction [that] involves the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” On Feb 1984 Jacobson ordered two magazines in the mail of young boys. The magazines entitled Bare Boys 1 and Bare Boys 2, contained material of nude young boys from preteen to teens. Jacobson claimed that he want to order material of 18 year olds and up. However Jacobson’s receipt of the magazines was legal under both federal and Nebraska laws. Laws were constructed three months after the order was filled that banned all sexual depictions of children. Soon after the Gov. started setting up Jacobson by sending him applications to phony organizations that were illegally based.
The United States of America has always supported freedom and privacy for its citizens. More importantly, the United States values the safety of its citizens at a much higher level. Every year more laws are implemented in an attempt to deter general or specific criminal behaviors or prevent recidivism among those who have already committed crimes. One of the most heinous crimes that still occurs very often in the United States is sex offenses against children. Currently, there are over 700,000 registered sex offenders and 265,000 sex offenders who are under correctional supervision. It is estimated that approximately 3% of the offenders who are currently incarcerated will likely commit another sex-related crime upon release (Park & Lee, 2013, p. 26). There are several laws that have been in place regarding sex offenses for decades, including Megan’s Law which was enacted in 1996.
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...o protect children from offensive material and threats from online, congressmen making the laws will have to be careful not to violate the rights of the people.
Child Pornography, as stated in section 18 of the United States Constitution, defines child pornography as generally “any visual depiction involving the use of a minor in sexually explicit conduct.” Sexually explicit conduct is defined as “actual or simulated” sexual intercourse, which includes genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or anal-anal, “whether between persons of the same or opposite sex.” Sexually explicit conduct also entails the crucial “lascivious exhibition of genitals or pubic area,” which will be explored in more detail in the case study. Finally, section 18 depicts the transportation of such conduct through the use of computers. Basically, digital cameras, scanners, video capture cards etc. are all used to convert any image or such to the desired and needed format to easily store or transport child pornography.
...nt and Civil Liberties groups, no one seems to be making much headway in determining where the line should be drawn when it comes to pornography. The positive is that child pornography is being acknowledged as a real problem, but law enforcement officials are still having a great deal of difficulty fighting it. The United States is taking steps toward implementing a multi-layered approach to governance, which will allow adults their freedom and protect children at the same time, but as of right now we are a long way from a solution.