Immediate family entered the field around the late 1980’s and early 90’s, during which time politicians were cracking down on even the suspicion of child pornography to appeal to their constituents. Negative accountability forced suspected artist to justify their work, leading many such as Mann to self-censor or have their work removed from public spaces. Jeff Ferrell described this as “cultural criminalisation”, as the media manipulated public conceptions of cultural works, delegitimising artist, like Mann, despite no Charges or legal action being brought against her.