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Today’s Porn: Not A Constitutional Right; Not A Human Right
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Title: Today's Porn: Not A Constitutional Right; Not A Human Right
Publication: Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence
Author: Patrick Trueman
Date: 07/01/2017
The First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech . . . .” That sounds simple enough, but our high court and has spent more than 200 years and written countless opinions deciding what that means. The First Amendment, the Court has pronounced, protects […]
“Prosecuting Image Exploitation”
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Title: "Prosecuting Image Exploitation"
Publication: Strategies: The Prosecuter's Letter on Violence Against Women
Author: Anderson, Jane, et al.
Date: 03/16/2015
Introduction Image exploitation is a distinct form of sexual abuse, involving the nonconsensual creation, possession, or distribution of an image or images depicting the victim as nude, semi-nude, engaged in consensual sexual activity, or being sexually assaulted. The image in question may be a photograph, screenshot, or video recording. By using cell phones, email, social […]
History and Importance of Law in Combatting Pornography – Presentation by Robert Peters
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Title: History and Importance of Law in Combatting Pornography
Publication: Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation 2015 Summit
Author: Robert Peters
Date: 09/13/2015
Introduction When I began working at MIM as a staff attorney in May 1985, federal obscenity laws were rarely enforced; and state prosecutors who enforced obscenity laws were the rare exception. Not surprisingly, there were influential people back then who said that obscenity laws were no longer enforceable. But the gainsayers were proved wrong; and […]
The Internet Pornography Pandemic: “The Largest Unregulated Social Experiment in Human History” (RESEARCH)
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Title: The Internet Pornography Pandemic: "The Largest Unregulated Social Experiment in Human History"
Publication: Christian Apologetics Journal
Author: Donna Rice Hughes
Date: 04/20/2014
Technology is revolutionizing our lives and providing access to a wide range of valuable services. The Internet has become a powerful educational and communications tool, placing vast new worlds of knowledge in the palm of our hand. Today’s youth have fully integrated the Internet into their daily lives, using technology as a powerful platform for education, […]
The Need for Improving Restitution for Victims of Child Pornography Crimes after Paroline v. US
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Title: The Need for Improving Restitution for Victims of Child Pornography Crimes after Paroline v. US
Publication: Testimony before House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime
Author: Paul G. Cassell
Date: 03/19/2015
Testimony before House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime: Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to submit testimony in support of expanded restitution for victims of child pornography crimes, particularly as provided in Senate Bill 295. How to provide restitution to victims of child pornography crimes has recently proven to be a challenge […]
Internet Pornography & the First Amendment (Opinion)
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Title: Internet Pornography & the First Amendment
Publication: The Witherspoon Institute
Author: Morgan Bennett
Date: 10/10/2013
Current jurisprudence protecting pornography as “artistic expression” contradicts the Founders’ understanding and the underlying purposes of the First Amendment’s protection of speech, and it fails to protect Americans from the social and personal trauma caused by pornography. The second in a two-part series. Introduction In yesterday’s article, I gave an overview of new brain research that has exposed […]
Find full article here: http://pornharmsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/PH_NOLC_EscortOrdPrep.pdf INTRODUCTION: Many Escort Bureaus and Escort Services, as the Supreme Court of Nevada tells us, are really fronts for Prostitution or, in its language, “Modified Brothels.” Clark County, Nevada and Las Vegas have been in the forefront of passing legislation to regulate “escort bureaus” “escorts” and “outcall services.” The Clark County […]
Find full study here: http://pornharmsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/PH_NOLC_SwingersPack.pdf INTRODUCTION: Swingers clubs, which tout themselves as a forum for the practice of a free sexual lifestyle, often called the “swinging lifestyle,” or for the promotion of open marriages, cater typically to married people or attached couples who claim that such extramarital sex will save their marriage, solve what they […]
Find manual here: http://pornharmsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/PH_NOLC_lapDancing.pdf INTRODUCTION: Erotic cabarets, juice bars or bottle clubs that feature lap dancing or table dancing whether nude or partially nude or clothed have been found to foster prostitution, immoral conduct and drug dealing and to be a bane on the neighboring area. Using the tools of an existing state statute, lap dancing […]
READ FULL MANUAL HERE: http://pornharmsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/PH_NOLC_openBooth.pdf INTRODUCTION The existence in various “adult” bookstores of a back room with contiguous booths for the viewing through a glass of a female in a sexually explicit performance or for the use of coin operated peep-show video machines showing explicit sexual activities caused various communities throughout the United States to recognize […]