Virtual child porn: The law and the semiotics of the image

Journal of Visual Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-34

  Kleinhans, Chuck ^a  

^a Swift Hall 102   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Child abuse; Criminal law; Digital image; Image research; Pornography; Sexual representations; Supreme court; Virtual image

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849094735     PISSN: 14704129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470412904042267     Document Type: Article

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