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Cyberflashing: Consent, Reform and the Criminal Law

McGlynn, Professor Clare

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In the context of growing calls for a new law criminalising cyberflashing – the digital distribution of penis images to another without consent – this article makes the case for a comprehensive, ‘consent-based’ criminal offence specifically targeting cyberflashing. It justifies this approach by examining the core wrongs of cyberflashing and suggests draft legislative text for such an offence. In making this case, the article analyses and rejects the Law Commission’s recent proposal for a ‘motive-based’ cyberflashing law. Ultimately, it is argued that while the Law Commission's proposal is a welcome recognition of the harms of cyberflashing and need for reform, it does not go far enough to offer the redress victim-survivors are seeking, nor does it provide an appropriate normative foundation for education and preventative initiatives.

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McGlynn, P. C. (2022). Cyberflashing: Consent, Reform and the Criminal Law. Journal of Criminal Law, https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183211073644

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jan 18, 2022
Publication Date 2022
Deposit Date Jan 19, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal The Journal of Criminal Law
Print ISSN 0022-0183
Electronic ISSN 1740-5580
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183211073644

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