Loosening the gag
The Crown Prosecution Service's revised legal guidance on the Obscene Publications Act 1959
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13086115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Petley (0000-0002-6237-8127, Brunel University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 238-244 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Porn Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23268743.2019.1619477 |
| OpenAlex | W2954541716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In July 2018, the Crown Prosecution Service published a consultation document relating to the Obscene Publications Act 1959. This contained indications of a number of changes in the advice which the CPS wished to give to prosecutors considering possible obscenity cases, and consultees were asked for their views on the proposed changes. The CPS produced a summary of the responses, and revised prosecution guidelines were issued in January 2019, which took account of some of the points made by consultees. This article considers the major changes proposed in the consultation, indicates the extent to which these were modified as a result of the responses received by the CPS, and examines the extent to which the revised prosecution guidelines mark a liberalization of prosecution practice in this area of the law
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |