When sexting conflicts with child sexual abuse material: The legal and social consequences for children

Dominique Moritz; Larissa Christensen

doi:10.1080/13218719.2020.1742242

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When sexting conflicts with child sexual abuse material: The legal and social consequences for children

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When sexting conflicts with child sexual abuse material: The legal and social consequences for children

Dominique Moritz and Larissa Christensen

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Vol.27(5), pp.815-830

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2020.1742242

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Psychology

Cognitive Sciences

Law

child exploitation material

child pornography

child sexual abuse material

consent

criminal law

sexting

youth

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

When children participate in online sexual behaviour, such as 'sexting', there can be a range of legal and social consequences. Criminal law in Australia does not consistently address sexting, which means that in some jurisdictions, children who participate in sexting can be liable for offences related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Children who are 16 or 17 years old have reached the age to consent to sexual activity, yet the law, in many jurisdictions, does not allow them to participate in sexting. This paper seeks to reconceptualise sexting among older children as a separate practice to possessing and/or distributing CSAM. It explores the socio-legal considerations which arise when older children possess and share intimate online material, including how the age of consent to sexual activity is relevant to their participation in sexting.

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Title: When sexting conflicts with child sexual abuse material: The legal and social consequences for children
Authors: Dominique Moritz (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Larissa Christensen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Vol.27(5), pp.815-830
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1742242
ISSN: 1321-8719; 1934-1687
Copyright note: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law on 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13218719.2020.1742242
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451319002621
Output Type: Journal article

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