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49 Am. U. L. Rev. 1127 (1999-2000)
Re-Thinking Privacy: Peeping Toms, Video Voyeurs, and the Failure of a Criminal Law to Recognize a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in the Public Space

handle is hein.journals/aulr49 and id is 1143 raw text is: RE-THINKING PRIVACY: PEEPING TOMS, VIDEO VOYEURS, AND THE FAILURE OF CRIMINAL LAW TO RECOGNIZE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN THE PUBLIC SPACE LANCE E. ROTHENBERG Introduction ...................................................................................... 1128 I. A Fresh Look at an Ancient Right Inviolate Personality and the Right to Privacy ......................................................... 1132 A. The Origin of Legal Privacy ............................................ 1132 B. Privacy and the Invasion of Video Voyeurism ................ 1135 II. Criminal Law and the History of Privacy Protection ............ 1138 A. Using Criminal Law to Enforce the Privacy Rights of V ictim s .............................................................................. 1138 B. Using Criminal Law to Prohibit Video Voyeurism ......... 1144 C. The Failure of the Civil Law's Privacy Tort of Intrusion 1146 III. Criticizing the Dominant Rationale of Video Voyeurism Prohibition: Revealing an Essential Flaw in Criminal Law's Conceptualization of the Right to Privacy ............................. 1150 A. Case Study: M issouri ....................................................... 1150 B. Case Study: New Jersey ................................................... 1152 C. Case Study: Connecticut ................................................. 1154 D. Bodies in Motion: Re-Conceptualizing Public and Private Space .................................................................... 1155 IV. Recognition of a Legitimate Expectation of Privacy in Public: Acknowledging an Enhanced Understanding of Human Privacy Within the Digital Age ................................. 1158 Articles Editor, American University Law Review, J.D. Candidate, May 2001, American University, Washington College of Laur, BA., 1997, The George Washington University. I would like to dedicate this paper to the memory of Professor Peter Cicchino. He served as a genuine mentor, whose guidance was not only instrumental, but will remain with me as a model of professionalism and humanity throughout my career. In addition, I would like to thank Grace Mora, my student editor, for her support during the drafting and publication process. 1127