Stalking, Harassment & Revenge Porn - A Guide for Criminal Lawyers

Introduction

Stalking, harassment and revenge porn are examples of offences which mainly tend to be committed in relation to women and girls. Indeed, the government has a specific strategy to combat Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

Over recent years, there has been a greater focus on such offending and this virtual classroom seminar will provide an indispensable guide to many of the common offences sometimes committed within a domestic context other than assault.

We will examine the offence of stalking and compare and contrast how this differs from the offence of harassment.

The offence of ‘revenge porn’ has been introduced to augment legislation relating to malicious communications and the offence of ‘up-skirting’ has been added to the statute books, again updating old legislation which has endeavoured to plug legislative lacunas.

With the Online Harms Bill currently before Parliament, the law in this regard is set to be strengthened further.

This session is aimed at all criminal practitioners from police station representatives to crown court advocates.

What You Will Learn

This live broadcast will cover the following:

• What’s the legal difference between harassment and stalking?
• What has the Stalking Protection Act 2019 added to previous legislation?
• What constitutes ‘up-skirting’?
• What constitutes ‘revenge porn’?
• What about notification requirements for up-skirting and revenge porn - will I really have to register?
• What changes to the law will the Online Harms Bill introduce?

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.