What are Category C indecent images?
Category C: ‘Images of erotic posing’. • This category is included to capture other prohibited images which do not fall within A and B above. ‘Erotic posing’ is a term used in the SGC guideline but may be misleading.
What are the categories of indecent images?
Assessment Levels
- Category A: Images involving penetrative sexual activity; images involving sexual activity with an animal or sadism.
- Category B: Images involving non-penetrative sexual activity.
- Category C: Other indecent images not falling within categories A or B.
What counts as possession of indecent images?
Sharing images involving penetrative sexual activity. Sharing images involving sexual activity with an animal or sadism. Creating images involving penetrative sexual activity. Creating images involving sexual activity with an animal or sadism.
What are prohibited images?
(2)A prohibited image is an image which— (a)is pornographic, (b)falls within subsection (6), and. (c)is grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.
What is Category B and C images?
Category A – This relates to images involving penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism. Category B – Images involving non-penetrative sexual activity. Category C – Indecent images not falling within categories A or B. Production this relates to making the original image.
What is a Category 3 offence?
Category 3 offences: Two or more years’ jail Usually these are heard by the District Court. You have the option of either being tried by a judge alone or having a jury trial. Category 3 offences could include aggravated assault, threatening to kill, dangerous driving or a third (or more) drink driving conviction.
What is the Oliver scale?
The Oliver scale is a condensed version of the COPINE scale. The COPINE scale is a ten point scale developed by the Combating Paedophile Information Networks in Europe (COPINE) project. The COPINE scale was originally developed for therapeutic psychological purposes, not for use in court.
What is making indecent images of a child?
The Protection of Children Act defines the production of an indecent image as “the taking or making any image at source, for instance, the original image”. It is a grave offence for which custodial sentences are highly likely.
What are Category AB and C images?
Indecent images fall into 3 categories of seriousness. Category A – This relates to images involving penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism. Category B – Images involving non-penetrative sexual activity. Category C – Indecent images not falling within categories A or B.
What does making indecent photographs mean?
Making – ‘to take or permit to be taken or make any [indecent images]’ Distribution – ‘to distribute or show any [indecent images]’
What is making indecent images?
The Protection of Children Act defines the production of an indecent image as “the taking or making any image at source, for instance, the original image”. It is a grave offence for which custodial sentences are highly likely. These cases can cause sleepless nights, anxiety and horror.
What are the 4 types of offenses?
Crimes can be generally separated into four categories: felonies, misdemeanors, inchoate offenses, and strict liability offenses. Each state, and the federal government, decides what sort of conduct to criminalize.
What are the different categories of indecent images?
Categories of indecent images: 1 Category A – deemed the most severe 2 Category B – the mid-range in terms of seriousness 3 Category C – the least severe
Can the CPS access media containing indecent images of children?
Media containing indecent images of children should not in any circumstances come into the possession of CPS prosecutors or computer equipment. The Departmental Security Unit and senior management should be consulted in any scenario where exceptionally it is proposed that such media should be provided to the CPS.
Is it an offence to take indecent images of children?
Indecent images of children is an offence to take, to permit to be taken, to make, to possess, show, or to distribute or publish an image of a child posed or pictured indecently, for example in a sexual way. This can also include images of adults involved in indecent act where a child is present but not themselves portrayed indecently.
What is the maximum sentence for distribution of indecent images?
Distribution and production offences related to this category of image range between 1 to 4 years’ imprisonment. Category C – indecent images not classed within A or B fall within category C – this is the broad definition supplied by the General Sentencing Council.