MCASA in the News: Technology aids ‘peeping Toms,’ makes trauma worse for victims

Mar 30th, 2015

The Baltimore Sun reports on the role of technology in recent incidents of voyeurism.
As tiny, hidden cameras have become more readily available, lawyers and victim advocates say crimes of voyeurism have become easier to commit-- and are potentially more damaging to victims like Shulevitz, who fear the recorded videos and images of them can be posted online or disseminated to others. "Voyeurism has always existed, but that was kind of a discreet incident of invasion of privacy," said Lisae Jordan, executive director of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. "Because of the Internet, because of video, people's privacy is being invaded over and over and over again--and even if that's not happening, it's always a person's fear that's not in their control."
By Alison Knezevich March 29, 2015 To read the full story, please click here.

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