Bullying and sexting in social networks: Protecting minors from criminal acts or empowering minors to cope with risky behaviour?

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-270

  Lievens, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bullying; Criminal law; Protection of minors; Self regulation; Sexting; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955395500     PISSN: 17560616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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