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Criminal Law Remedies

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When harassment or violence is a crime, such as sexual assault or criminal harassment, there are a number of remedies that may be available.

When harassment that is a crime is reported to the police the victim can:

If the police charge the harasser and they are convicted of a crime the court can:

  • Order the offender to have no contact with the victim.
  • Place the offender on probation.
  • Order the offender to pay restitution to cover expenses the victim has incurred or damages to their property.
  • Fine the offender.
  • Sentence the offender to jail time.

As well as these criminal remedies, under The Privacy Act victims of unauthorized sharing of images have several remedies available to address the harm caused by this type of abusive behaviour including...

  • monetary damages
  • injunctions (prohibiting further distribution)
  • recovery of any profits the defendant received as a result of the distribution of an intimate image

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