| Video voyeurs and the covert videotaping of unsuspecting victims: psychological and legal consequences. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 9304836 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Video voyeurs employ state of the art technology to gain access into the most private places where victims are covertly videotaped. Women are the usual victims of video voyeurs as they change their clothes, perform natural functions or engage in sexual activities. When the videotaping is discovered by the victim, serious psychological harm may result. A civil suit is the most common legal remedy sought. Criminal sanctions, when available, are often insufficient compared to the seriousness of the crime. While unauthorized, covert audiotaping is forbidden by both federal and state codes, videotaping is often not specifically mentioned. It appears that legislators do not fully appreciate the burgeoning of covert videotaping, the technological advances that have greatly expanded the possibilities for voyeuristic viewing and the harm done to victims of video voyeurs. Appropriate criminal sanctions need to be included in privacy statutes for unauthorized, video surveillance with or without accompanying audio transcription. |
| | |
Authors:
|
R I Simon |
Related Documents
:
|
16304556 - Abortion surveillance--united states, 2002. 12908016 - Clinical use of sonohysterography in the evaluation of infertility. 3355656 - Sparing of patterned alternation but not partial reinforcement extinction effect after ... 7009896 - Infants and gin mania in 18th-century london. 15620006 - Palm harvesting affects seed predation of euterpe edulis, a threatened palm of the braz... 3945446 - Perinatal autopsy: its clinical value. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Journal of forensic sciences Volume: 42 ISSN: 0022-1198 ISO Abbreviation: J. Forensic Sci. Publication Date: 1997 Sep |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1997-10-28 Completed Date: 1997-10-28 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0375370 Medline TA: J Forensic Sci Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 884-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Program in Psychiatry and Law, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Child Coitus Female Humans Male Privacy / legislation & jurisprudence* Self Concept United States Videotape Recording / legislation & jurisprudence* Voyeurism / psychology* |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Recidivism and concomitant criminality in pathological firesetters.
Next Document: Forensic significance of the polymorphism of hyoid bone shape.