Attitudes Toward Pornography in a Southern Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9681035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret S Herrman (corresponding author), DIANE C BORDNER (Georgia State University) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 349-374 |
| Publication date | 1983-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1983.tb00266.x |
| OpenAlex | W2121773341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 15 |
The Supreme Court has determined that obscene speech should not be protected under the First Amendment, but an unambiguous definition of obscenity is required if negative legal sanctions are to be enforced without jeopardizing due process. According to current guidelines, a media presentation of sexually explicit materials must exceed limits of sexual candor to be defined obscene. However, establishing such limits requires articulation of a normative standard for a specified population—a population defined by the court as being a community. The present research is designed to identify such limits of sexual candor within a community in the South. The results demonstrate the existence of ambiguity in the articulation of community standards. First, little consistency is found between personal standards and the perceptions of community standards. This lack of consistency presents a problem for jury deliberation since a single frame of reference is not available to guide jurors in reaching decisions on obscenity. Second, both perceptions of community standards and personal standards are significantly influenced by extracommunity factors of sex, age, race, education, religiosity, and moral rigidity. Existence of such effects raises the additional question of jury bias in the event that there is an overrepresentation of any one segment of the community on a jury
Community standards · Consistency (knowledge bases · Jury · Normative · Political science · Population · Sociology · Supreme court · Computer Science · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2022 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |