Sexual Exploitation of Children: Law and Punishment
Published on 30. November 2008
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-1-85800-514-0 (ISBN)
Description
Sexual Exploitation of Children: Law and Punishment is a new book that examines the controversial subject of the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in Ireland. It demonstrates how the law may be applied and where future legislation may arise.
The author puts forward constructive recommendations for the development of the law in Ireland by appraising the response of other jurisdictions. It helps the reader:
*Fully understand new offences such as grooming, child pornography and commercial sexual exploitation by setting out the law and analysing the legislative response. (Including child prostitution, child procurement, and child trafficking).
*Understand the impact that communication technologies such as the Internet, social networking, and mobile networking have had on sexual exploitation.
*Ensure that you are fully up to date with sentencing in relation to the sexual exploitation of children including a detailed analysis of the Sex Offenders Register and Sex Offender Orders.
*Define abuse of positions of trust. Includes incest, and an examination of newly legislated positions of trust, such as teachers, doctors, and sport coaches.
Contents: Child abuse; General legal issues; Sexual abuse of children (penetrative and non-penetrative assaults); Abuse of a position of trust; Grooming; Child pornography; Commercial child exploitation; Sentencing (sentencing and the Sex Offenders Register); Controlling sex offenders (licence conditions, Sex Offender Orders and vetting).
This book will be of interest to practitioners, academics and policy-makers in the fields of criminal justice and child protection.
Alisdair A. Gillespie, LL.B.(Hons), M.Ed., M.Jur, Barrister (Middle Temple) is Reader in Law at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
The author puts forward constructive recommendations for the development of the law in Ireland by appraising the response of other jurisdictions. It helps the reader:
*Fully understand new offences such as grooming, child pornography and commercial sexual exploitation by setting out the law and analysing the legislative response. (Including child prostitution, child procurement, and child trafficking).
*Understand the impact that communication technologies such as the Internet, social networking, and mobile networking have had on sexual exploitation.
*Ensure that you are fully up to date with sentencing in relation to the sexual exploitation of children including a detailed analysis of the Sex Offenders Register and Sex Offender Orders.
*Define abuse of positions of trust. Includes incest, and an examination of newly legislated positions of trust, such as teachers, doctors, and sport coaches.
Contents: Child abuse; General legal issues; Sexual abuse of children (penetrative and non-penetrative assaults); Abuse of a position of trust; Grooming; Child pornography; Commercial child exploitation; Sentencing (sentencing and the Sex Offenders Register); Controlling sex offenders (licence conditions, Sex Offender Orders and vetting).
This book will be of interest to practitioners, academics and policy-makers in the fields of criminal justice and child protection.
Alisdair A. Gillespie, LL.B.(Hons), M.Ed., M.Jur, Barrister (Middle Temple) is Reader in Law at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.