1986 Final Report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography

1986 Final Report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography

Community Defense Counsel is pleased to offer a scanned copy of the 1986 Final Report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography. This early print edition facsimile contains some typographical errors which were interposed in the government’s printing process. A few pages in the original report were left blank as fill pages between sections or chapters. Most fill pages have not been reproduced in the scanned copies. All pages with substantive content have been reproduced.

WARNING! Portions of this report are very graphic in nature.

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1-69 Part 1: Commissioner biographies; Commissioner statements

71-134: Personal comments by Dr. Dobson; Pornography and Privacy, submitted by Fr. Bruce Ritter

135-212: Nonviolent, Sexually Explicit Material and Sexual Violence, submitted by Fr. Bruce Ritter; Statement of Deanne Tilton-Durfee; Statement of Dr. Judith Becker, Ellen Levine, and Deanne Tilton-Durfee; Statement of Dr. Judith Becker and Ellen Levine

213-297 Part 2: The Commission and Its Mandate; The history of pornography; The Constraints of the First Amendment; The Market and the Industry

299-351: The Question of Harm

353-403: Laws and Their Enforcement

405-459: Child Pornography; The Role of Private Action; Part 3: Recommendations

459-522: Recommendations for the Justice System and Law Enforcement Agencies; Recommendation for Other Federal Organizations

523-601: Recommendations with regard to Child Pornography

602-676: Recommendations with regard to Child Pornography, continued

677-735: Recommendations with regard to Child Pornography, continued

737-764: Victimization; Anti-Display Laws

765-835 Part 4: Victimization

837-900: The Use of Performers in Commercial Pornography

901-971: Social and Behavior Science Research Analysis; Sex Offenders and Pornography

972-1030: The Effects of Nonviolent Sexually Explicit Materials

1031-1101: An Integration of the Research Findings

1102-1150: Appendix II: MAGLOCLEN

1211-1261: Appendix V: Organized Crime Involvement in Pornography; Regulation of Pornography, a Historical Perspective

1263-1350: First Amendment Considerations; Citizen and Community Action and Corporate Responsibility

1351-1456

1457-1504: Production and Distribution of Sexually Explicit Material

1505-1547: List of Productions

1548-1646: List of Productions, continued; Production description

1647-1715: Production description

1715-1780: Production description, continued

1781-1871: Peep Show Booth description

1873-1960 Part 5: Bibliography