當靜香穿上泳衣洗澡──論兒童色情之刑事管制

Abstract

兒童色情犯罪可謂當今西方國家最讓人聞之色變的社會議題，同時也是刑罰最為嚴竣的刑事犯罪之一。隨著電腦與網路科技的日新月異，兒童色情刑事規制亦出現全球化、前置化與嚴峻化的立法趨勢。我國近年來頻以「與國際接軌」之名，展開兒童色情刑事規制的修正工作；然而立法者與實務見解對於國際兒童色情之立法趨勢究係何指，始終沒有清晰完整的認識，更缺乏批判性的反思。 本文以美國與日本兩國的兒童色情管制模式為主要觀察對象，發現在保護兒童的大義名分下，兒童色情刑事管制早已偏離防免兒童遭受現實性虐待與性剝削之初衷。我們可以發現的是，在當代戀童恐慌的驅動下，兒童色情刑事規制承載了維護兒童純潔及去性化形象的政治與道德訴求，使得規範的實效大打折扣。 本文認為，若要兼顧兒童利益之維護與避免人權之侵害，必須重新反省兒童色情刑事規制的保護法益內涵。本文認為，惟有自保護兒童色情之描寫客體兒童的個人法益觀點出發，方能證立兒童色情刑事規制之可罰性基礎與界限。

Child pornography has been a serious issue in western countries for years. Any violation of child pornography law would cause a strict punishment. With the development of technology, the regulation of child pornography becomes universal, preventive and rigorous. Also, Taiwan has amended the criminal regulation of child pornography to conform to international standards. However, our legislators and judicial practices are not aware of the legislative tendency of child pornography. In addition, they are lack of critical reflections on regulation. Under the circumstance thereto, this thesis observes regulatory models of child pornography of the United States and Japan. This thesis indicates that regulation on child pornography deviates the original intention of protecting children from actual sexual exploitation and sexual abuse in order to “protect” children. What’s worse, the regulation on child pornography bears the burdens of child purity maintenance and child de-sexualization due to contemporary pedophilia panic, which is harmful to its effectiveness. Therefore, this thesis proffers that reconciling the legal goods of child pornography is necessary to strike a balance between protecting children and avoiding human rights violation. To be specified, this thesis concludes that protecting the personal legal goods of children depicted in child pornography is the only intention to justify the legality of child pornography and draw the line of culpability.