library scene investigation

A current awareness resource for the students and faculty members in the Criminology department.


Researching Pornography as Crime

Published by Yolanda Koscielski

Here are some helpful resources if you are researching pornography as crime:

  • Background information sources about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and current anti-pornography legislation:
  1. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Department of Justice Canada)
  2. The Canadian Charter of Rights Decisions Digests (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
  • Some key legal cases:
  1. Little Sisters Book & Art Emporium v. Commissioner of Customs and Revenue, 2004 BCSC 823
  2. R. v. Sharpe, 2001 SCC 2 (CanLII)
  3. R. v. Butler, 1992 CanLII 124 (S.C.C.)