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Sentencing Guidelines

The IWF assesses child sexual abuse content according to the levels set out by the Sentencing Guidelines Council.
 
Page109 of Part 6A: Indecent Photographs of Children details levels for establishing the seriousness of child sexual abuse images.
 
 
Levels    Description
    1          Images depicting erotic posing with no sexual activity
    2          Non-penetrative sexual activity between children or solo masturbation by a child
    3          Non-penetrative sexual activity between adults and children
    4          Penetrative sexual activity involving a child or children, or both children and adults
    5          Sadism or penetration of or by an animal

Page Created: Mon, October 18th, 2004
Page Modified: Fri, February 19th, 2010

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