'Let's get sexting': Risk, power, sex and criminalisation in the moral domain

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-49

  Lee, Murray ^a   Crofts, Thomas ^a   Salter, Michael ^b   Milivojevic, Sanja ^c   McGovern, Alyce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood sexuality; Children and technology; Criminalisation and sexuality; Sexting; Technology and risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897035512     PISSN: 22027998     EISSN: 22028005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v2i1.89     Document Type: Review

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