ABSTRACT
This area is controversial. It is argued that it is not the function of criminal law to interfere in the private lives of citizens unless it is necessary to try to impose certain standards of behaviour. The Wolfenden Committee (1957) felt that intervention in private lives should only be:
to preserve public order and decency; to protect the citizen from what is offensive or injurious; and to provide sufficient safeguards against exploitation and corruption
of others, particularly those who are especially vulnerable.
