Should Possession of Child Pornography Require Reparations to the Child?

Sherry F. Colb writes at Findlaw: “In one sense, reparations also help to remind the perpetrator – in this case, the violator of a child’s intimate privacy – that what he did harmed an individual – that his conduct was not simply a private, ‘victimless’ transaction. In another sense, the availability of reparations expresses society’s interest – as captured by the criminal court’s involvement – in both protecting victims and redistributing wealth from those who have stolen what was never theirs to take, to those who represent the very real, individual victims of that theft.”