There are a number of ways criminals can profit from their crime one such way is publishing books about their own crimes
Currently, there is no effective mechanism through which criminals’ profits from publications about their crimes can be seized. That is largely because writing about a crime is not unlawful conduct and so any profit resulting from publication is not unlawfully obtained. In principle, the government believes it is unacceptable for criminals to profit in this way. But whether and how they can be prevented from exploiting their crimes for commercial gain raises some extraordinarily difficult issues, in terms of both defining the problem and framing any new legislation in a way that will tackle it effectively.
I'm doing a school debating thing and the topic is that criminals should not profit from their crime. We are the affirmative team and what i have posted above is one of our biggest problems. I have posted this because i thought it would be a good discussion topic and i want to know if any of you have any ideas or comments about this?
the main 2 cases in point are Chopper Read, real name Mark Brandon Read an Australian criminal and author of crime novels, selling in excess of 500,000 copies.
and Schapelle Leigh Corby an Australian drug smuggler publishing the book my story
so does anyone have any ideas or comments they would like to discuss about this?
Currently, there is no effective mechanism through which criminals’ profits from publications about their crimes can be seized. That is largely because writing about a crime is not unlawful conduct and so any profit resulting from publication is not unlawfully obtained. In principle, the government believes it is unacceptable for criminals to profit in this way. But whether and how they can be prevented from exploiting their crimes for commercial gain raises some extraordinarily difficult issues, in terms of both defining the problem and framing any new legislation in a way that will tackle it effectively.
I'm doing a school debating thing and the topic is that criminals should not profit from their crime. We are the affirmative team and what i have posted above is one of our biggest problems. I have posted this because i thought it would be a good discussion topic and i want to know if any of you have any ideas or comments about this?
the main 2 cases in point are Chopper Read, real name Mark Brandon Read an Australian criminal and author of crime novels, selling in excess of 500,000 copies.
and Schapelle Leigh Corby an Australian drug smuggler publishing the book my story
so does anyone have any ideas or comments they would like to discuss about this?
