Beyond Criminalisation and Responsibilisation: Sexting, Gender and Young People

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dc.contributor.authorSalter, M., Crofts, T., & Lee, M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-13T13:09:00Z
dc.date.available2014-05-13T13:09:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, the prosecution of teenagers who use digital and online technology to produce and circulate erotic imagery (‘sexts’) under child pornography statutes has been the subject of sustained controversy. Debates over sexting have foregrounded the harms of criminalisation as well as the role of sexts in cyber-bullying and online child solicitation. While acknowledging the problematic dimensions of legal interventions in sexting, this article notes that patterns of relational coercion often begin in adolescence and that malicious sexting cases follow patterns similar to other forms of technologically facilitated gendered victimisation. The gendered dimensions of sexting are often overlooked in education campaigns that position girls and young women in ways that responsibilise them to reduce their own risk of victimisation. It is argued that efforts to prevent or intervene in the harms of sexting should consider the broader sociocultural role of digital and online technology in coercive control and dating abuse and also avoid a simplistic responsibilisation of potential victims.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSalter, M., Crofts, T., & Lee, M. (2013). Beyond Criminalisation and Responsibilisation: Sexting, Gender and Young People. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 24(3).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2271378_code803455.pdf?abstractid=2271378&mirid=1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1399
dc.publisherCurrent Issues in Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectsextingen_US
dc.subjectimagesen_US
dc.subjectchild pornographyen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectcriminalizationen_US
dc.titleBeyond Criminalisation and Responsibilisation: Sexting, Gender and Young Peopleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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