Legally and professionally referred to as indecent images of children iioc but more commonly known as child pornography.
Home office counting rules indecent images. Page 1 of 18 indecent and obscene materials version 1 0 published for home office staff on 14 october 2015. The protection of children act 1978 pca 1978 and the criminal justice act 1988 cja 1988 are the two main statutes that legislate offences surrounding nude and provocative images and videos of children. This guidance is based on the obscene publications act 1959 and the protection of children act 1978. C a frra appee eooff aa ofeemmallee aaggedd 1166 anndd ovveerr 22 ooff 33.
If a young person is found creating or sharing images the police must record a crime has been committed in line with home office counting rules and investigate the circumstances. Creating or sharing explicit images of a child is illegal even if the person doing so is a child. Please see the home office counting rules for recorded crime web page which explains the offences covered under this category more thoroughly. Accounts not psp counting rules 2 of 6 49 other theft counting rules 2 of 3 change 12.
Home office counting rules for recorded crime with effect from april 2020 with effect from april 2019 all counting rules enquiries should be directed to the force crime registrar 19. The home office also publish data on offence outcome. Ncrs paper 71 2019 refers. Example about a stolen debit card deleted from nfib5a example 11 and 49 example 3.
The home office counting rules provide a national standard for the recording and counting of notifiable offences recorded by police forces in england and wales known as recorded crime. Home office counting rules for recorded crime with effect from april 2020 all counting rules enquiries should be directed to the force crime registrar i e rc r i gcrim. You can find the outcome data for obscene publications etc and protected sexual material in their police recorded crime and outcomes open data. Two new offences 52 11 and 52 12 added under the companies.
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