Voyeurism as a criminal offence: a response to a Department of Justice consultation paper

This paper presents & discusses the Advisory Council's recommendations responding to a federal Department of Justice consultation paper on issues related to voyeurism and related legislation. Part 1 covers issues related to criminal voyeurism as an offence: how the offence should be defined, and the distribution of voyeuristic material. Parts 2 & 3 discuss issues related to defences for criminal voyeurism & distribution offences and the penalties for such offences in legislation. The conclusion includes additional recommendations regarding the need for research and other issues.