Utah Supreme Court upholds “harm to minors” conviction for nude drawings defendant sent to his 5 yr. old daughter
. . . the Utah Supreme Court upheld the convictions (see State v. Butt (Utah June 8, 2012)), reasoning . . . Here’s my question: Can a reasonable jury conclude that the defendant’s drawings appealed to a minor’s prurient (defined as “shameful or morbid”) interest in sex, and especially a 5-year-old girl’s interest in sex? . . .
Federal Judge: Utah’s Harm to Minors Internet Law is Unconstitutional
Deseret News: The Utah law sought to make website operators or content providers liable for any material that the state deems harmful to minors. | Opinion: Florence v. Shurtleff, No. 2:05-cv-00485-DB-SA
5th Circuit: Video of minor in tanning salon not child pornography
Houston Chronicle: “In a decision released Friday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the video discovered on Alan Ray Steen’s camera was not sexually explicit and didn’t rise to the federal legal definitions that would have made the video warrant the charge.” | United States of America v. Steven, No. 10-50114 (5th Cir. Feb. 25, 2011)
Sweden: More effective and better protection is needed for children online
“A national Swedish evaluation study has highlighted the need for a chain of interventions to offer children who have experienced violence against their mother the right level of support to work through their experiences. There is also frequently a lack of structured risk assessments for identifying children who are at continued risk of exposure to violence, reveal researchers from the universities of Gothenburg, Karlstad, Uppsala and Örebro.”
Legal Periodical: Evaluating the Government Interest Behind Broadcast Indecency Regulation
The Bogeyman of “Harm to Children”: Evaluating the Government Interest Behind Broadcast Indecency Regulation
Jessica C. Collins, 85 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1225 (2010)
9th Circuit: OR statutes that criminalize giving sexually-explicit material to minors are unconstitutional
Powell’s Books, Inc. v. Kroger and ACLU of Oregon v. Kroger, No. 09-35153, 09-35154 (9th Cir. Sept. 20, 2010)
6th Circuit: Ohio anti-porn law is constitutional
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression v. Strickland, Nos. 07-4375/4376 (6th Cir. Apr. 15, 2010) “Ohio Revised Code § 2907.31(D)(1), which criminalizes sending juveniles material that is harmful to them . . . “
Processes Underlying the Effects of Adolescents’ Use of Sexually Explicit Internet Material: The Role of Perceived Realism
CCaM: “Although research has repeatedly demonstrated a link between adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) and sexual attitudes, the processes underlying this association are not well understood. More specifically, studies have pointed to a mediating role of perceived realism, but internally valid evidence is missing.”
Assessing Causality in the Relationship between Adolescents’ Risky Sexual Online Behavior and their Perceptions of this Behavior
Journal of Youth and Adolescence: “The main aim of this study was to investigate the causal nature of the relationship between adolescents’ risky sexual behavior on the internet and their perceptions of this behavior.”
Adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material and notions of women as sex objects: Assessing causality and underlying processes
Journal of Communication: “The aim of this study was to clarify causality in the previously established link between adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) and notions of women as sex objects. Further, the study investigated which psychological processes underlie this link and whether the various influences varied by gender . . . “
