The 'sexting' quagmire: Criminal justice responses to adolescents' electronic transmission of indecent images in the uk and the usa

Youth Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-281

  Stone, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; free speech; pornography; privacy; sexual offending; youth justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355163999     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: 17476283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473225411420533     Document Type: Article

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