This paper considers the unexplored question of whether unaware crime victims have rights or interests in knowing and not knowing information pertaining to the crime(s) committed against them. Our specific focus is on whether crimes regarding abusive images should be disclosed to the now-adult victims of child sexual abuse who feature in them. Because these issues have not been addressed in the victimology or criminological literature, we utilise literature in another discipline – healthcare ethics and law – to inform our analysis. Through engaging with the debate on the right to know and not to know information concerning one’s genetic status, we develop a conceptualisation of the issues regarding unknowing abusive image victims. A rights-based conceptualisation proves to be largely inappropriate; we contend that, instead, it would be more productive to look to unknowing abusive image victims’ interests. We argue that the interests at stake are grounded in autonomy and/or spatial privacy, and that to find a way to resolve the disclosure dilemma, these interests must be considered alongside consequentialist concerns; disclosing information regarding abusive images could empower now-adult victims but could well cause them (further) harm. Finally, we consider the implications of our analysis for victimology.

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知道还是不知道：是否应该向现在成年的、不知情的受害者披露与他们的儿童性虐待照片有关的犯罪行为？

本文考虑了一个未探索的问题，即不知情的犯罪受害者是否有权利或利益知道和不知道与针对他们实施的犯罪有关的信息。我们的具体重点是是否应该向出现在其中的儿童性虐待的成年受害者披露有关滥用图像的犯罪行为。因为这些问题在受害者学或犯罪学文献中没有得到解决，所以我们利用另一门学科——医疗伦理和法律——来为我们的分析提供信息。通过参与关于知道和不知道有关个人遗传状态信息的权利的辩论，我们对有关不知情的滥用图像受害者的问题进行了概念化。事实证明，基于权利的概念化在很大程度上是不合适的；我们认为，相反，着眼于不知情的滥用形象受害者的利益会更有成效。我们认为，所涉及的利益以自治和/或空间隐私为基础，为了找到解决披露困境的方法，必须将这些利益与结果主义的担忧一起考虑；披露有关滥用图像的信息可以增强现在已成年的受害者的能力，但很可能会对他们造成（进一步）伤害。最后，我们考虑我们的分析对受害者学的影响。披露有关滥用图像的信息可以增强现在已成年的受害者的能力，但很可能会对他们造成（进一步）伤害。最后，我们考虑我们的分析对受害者学的影响。披露有关滥用图像的信息可以增强现在已成年的受害者的能力，但很可能会对他们造成（进一步）伤害。最后，我们考虑我们的分析对受害者学的影响。