Group
Subdivision

035 Intimate image offences

Latest release
Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC)
Reference period
2023

0350 Intimate image offences

Intimate image offences include any offence involving the creation and/or distribution of an intimate image, video, or other media without consent. This does not include child abuse material offences.

Inclusions:

  • Create or distribute intimate images that may not be considered sexual, for example depicting a person without an item of religious or cultural significance
  • Create or distribute sexual material of an adult, including filming or photographing intimate images or sexual acts, without consent
  • Deceive an adult for the purposes of procuring intimate images
  • Edit pornography to include a person’s image, including “deepfake pornography” 
  • Non-consensual distribution of intimate images, whether or not the image was taken with consent
  • Unlawfully capture an intimate image in a public place, whether or not the victim was fully clothed
  • Other intimate image offences against adults, or where the victim was above the age of sexual consent as defined in the jurisdiction and context where the offence occurred  

Exclusions:

  • Create or distribute child abuse material – coded to 0341 Produce or distribute child abuse material
  • Create or distribute pornography that is unlawful due to prohibited content, excluding child abuse material – coded to 0399 Sexual offences, nec
  • Distribute sexual misinformation about a person verbally or through written word only – coded to 0892 Defamation
  • Sexual extortion of an adult – coded to 0520 Blackmail or other extortion
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