Criminalizing Intimate Image Abuse: A Comparative Perspective

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Gian Marco Caletti (Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law, Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law, University of Bologna) Kolis Summerer (Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Free University of Bolzano)

Criminalizing Intimate Image Abuse

A Comparative Perspective

Gian Marco Caletti (Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law, Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law, University of Bologna), Kolis Summerer (Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Free University of Bolzano)

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Oxford University Press
11 February 2024

Gender studies, gender groups; Comparative law; Criminal justice law; Offences against the person; Legal aspects of computing

Intimate image abuse is a recent, endemic phenomenon which raises multiple legal issues and presents a significant challenge for the traditional institutions of law and criminal justice. The nature of this phenomenon requires considering the traditional complexities of regulating privacy, sexual offences, and cybercrimes, alongside the social and cultural issue of what may be considered 'intimate', 'private', or indeed 'sexual'.

Since the harm experienced by victims of intimate image abuse is particularly serious and involves disparate legal interests, criminal law has been invoked as one of the solutions, but it is unclear what its role and limits should be. The law's approach should avoid any moralistic attitude, trying to achieve a balance between sexual autonomy and the protection of sexual privacy. At the same time, the needs of criminalization must be balanced with the traditional principles of criminal law.

Criminalizing Intimate Image Abuse strives primarily to generate new conceptual and theoretical frameworks to address the legal responses to this phenomenon, by bringing together a number of scholars involved in the study of intimate image abuse over recent years. This volume compares the solutions developed in different legal systems. The perspective is mainly focused on the comparison between the Anglo-American criminalization model and that of continental Europe, but there are also overviews of the criminalization trends in Asian and Latin American countries.

Once the criminalization of intimate image abuse, as well as its theoretical and practical limits, have been established, the analysis focuses on possible new legal strategies, complementary or alternative to traditional criminal justice, such as restorative justice. Finally, in order to achieve an effective safeguard for victim-survivors, the book deals with the role of Internet Service Providers and bystanders in preventing intimate image abuse.

Edited by: Gian Marco Caletti (Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law University of Bologna), Kolis Summerer (Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Free University of Bolzano)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 814g
ISBN: 9780198877813
ISBN 10: 0198877811
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 11 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

GIAN MARCO CALETTI is an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Bologna (Italy), where he obtained his PhD in criminal law. From 2019 to 2022 he was a research fellow at the Free University of Bolzano, working on the interdisciplinary research project 'CREEPED Criminalizing Revenge Porn?'. He was a visiting scholar at the Universities of Cambridge, New York (NYU), and Durham. Among the first Italian scholars to deal with image-based sexual abuse, he repeatedly advised national institutions. His research focuses on criminal negligence and recklessness, as well as on sexual crimes. He is the author of the first Italian book on consent in sexual assault. KOLIS SUMMERER is an Associate Professor of Criminal Law at the Free University of Bolzano (Italy), where she led the interdisciplinary research project 'CREEPED Criminalizing Revenge Porn?'. She received her PhD in criminal law and criminal procedure at the University of Bologna and was awarded research grants from the Max Planck Society. Her research focuses on substantive criminal law, as well as on other key topics like gender violence and restorative justice. She is the author of a monograph on causation in criminal law and published many articles in national and international journals and books.