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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821734603321

Autore

Jenkins Philip <1952->

Titolo

Beyond tolerance [[electronic resource] ] : child pornography on the internet / / Philip Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8147-4384-6

0-585-43473-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Classificazione

AP 18420

Disciplina

363.4/7

Soggetti

Child pornography

Internet pornography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-253)  and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Note on Usage; Glossary; 1. Out of Control?; 2. Child Pornography; 3. Into the Net; 4. A Society of Deviants; 5.Moralities; 6. Policing the Net; 7. Vigilantes and Militias; 8. A Global Community; 9. Where Next?; Abbreviations; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Perhaps nothing evokes more universal disgust as child pornography. The world of its makers and users is so abhorrent that it is rarely discussed much less studied. Child pornographers have taken advantage of this and are successfully using the new electronic media to exchange their wares without detection or significant sanction. What are the implications of this threat for free speech and a free exchange of ideas on the internet? And how can we stop this illegal activity, which is so repugnant that even the most laissez-faire cyberlibertarians want it stamped out, if we know nothing about it