Criminal Law

The Criminalisation of Fantasy Material: Law and Sexually Explicit Representations of Fictional Children

By Hadeel Al-Alosi
Routledge July 2018

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781138572812
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
July 2018
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book addresses the criminalisation of sexually explicit material depicting or describing fictitious characters who appear to be children. It is the first book of its kind to specifically examine the expansion of the law to include fictional representations of children, focusing on the law in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The author explores the potential criminalisation of comics and subgenres of manga that frequently depict childlike characters in a sexual context. Of course, the need to protect children from harm outweighs freedom of expression and the right to privacy; however, this argument is complicated by the material being purely fictional. Does prohibiting the fictional representation of minors interfere with individual freedoms?

Based on a detailed socio-legal study, this book extensively analyses literature and pertinent theories of criminalisation, such as the Harm Principle, Offense Principle, and Legal Moralism. The book will be an invaluable resource for academics and students in various disciplines, including law, criminology, sociology, and psychology. It will also be of interest to fans of fantasy fiction.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Types of potentially criminal fantasy material
Chapter 3: Legislative frameworks dealing with fantasy material
Chapter 4: Critiquing the law criminalising fantasy material
Chapter 5: Perspectives on fantasy material
Chapter 6: Overview of theories of criminalisation
Chapter 7: Fantasy material as a matter of harm
Chapter 8: Fantasy material as a matter of offensiveness and morality
Chapter 9: Final insights on the criminalisation of fantasy material
Index
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