http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress Protecting Children and Their Neighborhoods Fri, 18 May 2012 17:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/26/utah-appeals-court-view-legal-pornography-can-be-considered-sentencing-factor/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/26/utah-appeals-court-view-legal-pornography-can-be-considered-sentencing-factor/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:03:21 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2595 The Volokh Conspiracy , Eugene Volokh comments on a Utah sentencing ruling which holds that viewing "legal" pornography can be considered as a factor at sentencing. It seems one of the most critical factors in these cases may be the nature of the underlying offense for which the defendant is being sentenced. | State v. Epling, (Utah. Ct. App. July 21, 2011) ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/26/utah-appeals-court-view-legal-pornography-can-be-considered-sentencing-factor/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/08/lawsuit-filed-over-lack-of-porn-available-in-jail/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/08/lawsuit-filed-over-lack-of-porn-available-in-jail/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:44:52 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2590 CBS Detroit: Twenty-one-year-old Kyle Richards claims cruel and unusual punishment because the Macomb County Jail does not allow inmates to possess pornographic materials. | At Salon, Tracy Clark-Flory argues that porn does not incite aggression: Would porn incite prison violence? | CBS Detroit: Twenty-one-year-old Kyle Richards claims cruel and unusual punishment because the Macomb County Jail does not allow inmates to possess pornographic materials. | At Salon, Tracy Clark-Flory argues that porn does not incite aggression: Would porn incite prison violence? | But see, PornHarms.com]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/08/lawsuit-filed-over-lack-of-porn-available-in-jail/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/04/09/social-costs-of-pornography-statement-of-principles-dvd-available-from-witherspoon-institute-consultation/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/04/09/social-costs-of-pornography-statement-of-principles-dvd-available-from-witherspoon-institute-consultation/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:19:44 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2168 2008 Consultation on the Social Costs of Pornography "assembled leading experts in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, neurophysiology, philosophy, sociology, law, and political theory to present a rigorously argued overview of the problem of pornography in our society and to make recommendations. The primary purpose of the meeting was to examine the real nature of pornography in its moral and social consequences."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/04/09/social-costs-of-pornography-statement-of-principles-dvd-available-from-witherspoon-institute-consultation/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/02/25/utah-leaders-warn-child-pornography-may-be-on-the-rise/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/02/25/utah-leaders-warn-child-pornography-may-be-on-the-rise/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:49:42 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2083 ABC 4: "Utah leaders are worried child pornography crimes in the state are on the rise. Today, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force joined Utah legislators to sound a voice of warning."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/02/25/utah-leaders-warn-child-pornography-may-be-on-the-rise/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2004/02/24/from-fantasy-to-reality-the-link-between-viewing-child-pornography-and-molesting-children/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2004/02/24/from-fantasy-to-reality-the-link-between-viewing-child-pornography-and-molesting-children/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:05:42 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2048 APRI: "The act of viewing child pornography does not exist in a vacuum. The existence of images that sexually exploit children represents tangible evidence of past, present and, most likely, future abuse. Even those individuals who have not physically molested a child, and merely claim to 'just' receive or collect child pornography produced by others, play a role in the sexual exploitation of children."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2004/02/24/from-fantasy-to-reality-the-link-between-viewing-child-pornography-and-molesting-children/feed/ 0