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  • Pornography
  • Erotica
  • Obscenity (law)
  • Internet pornography
  • Internet and children
  • Sexting
  • Child pornography
  • Sex-oriented businesses
  • Sex crimes
 

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    Definition

    "Materials (such as writings, photographs or movies) depicting sexual activity or erotic behavior in a way that is designed to arouse sexual excitement. Pornography is protected speech under the First Amendment unless it is determined to be legally obscene."  Black's Law Dictionary

     

    Narrow the topic

    • What are the legal distinctions between the terms erotic, obscene and pornographic?

    • How has technology affected pornography?

    • Does banning pornography impact the right to free speech?

    • Does exposure to pornography affect sexual behavior? Is it addictive?

    • Is pornography itself an act of violence against women?

    • Does violent pornography increase masculine acceptance of aggression against women?

    • Can morality be legislated? Do censorship laws create crimes without victims?

    • Should pornography on the Internet be regulated?

    • Compare feminist views on pornography.

    • Should "virtual" child pornography be legal? Do adult bookstores create crime? Is there a link between pornography and child molesting?

    • Should filtering software be installed on all public library computers?

    • Is a teenager sexting another teenager delivering child pornography?

     

    Reference Books

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    Encyclopedia of psychology and law
    Call Number: REF K346 .E53

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    Oxford encyclopedia of the modern world
    Call Number: REF D205 .O94 2008

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    Encyclopedia of American civil rights & liberties
    Call Number: REF KF4748 .E53 2006

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    Encyclopedia of business ethics and society
    Call Number: REF HF 5387 .E53 2008

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    Encyclopedia of police science
    Call Number: REF HV 7901 .E53 2007


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    Child: an encyclopedic companion
    Call Number: REF HQ767.84 .C55 2009
    "Pornography, child"

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    Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media
    Call Number: REF HQ784.M3 E53 2007
    "Child Pornography," "Pornography"

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    Encyclopedia of white-collar & corporate crime
    Call Number: REF HV6768 .E63 2005

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    Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
    Call Number: REF HQ1121 .O93 2008

     
     

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