Sexting and Young People [Hardcover]

This book explores young people's practices and perceptions of sexting and how sexting has been represented and responded to by the media, education campaigns, and the law. It analyses the important broader socio-legal issues raised by sexting and the appropriateness of current responses.Foreword; Megan Mitchell, Australian National Children's Commissioner PART I: UNDERSTANDING SEXTING BY YOUNG PEOPLE 1. An Introduction to Sexting and Young People 2. Conceptualising Sexting PART II: YOUNG PEOPLE AND SEXTING DISCOURSES 3. Media Representations of Sexting 4. Sexting as Child Pornography 5. Factors Determining Whether Young People are Prosecuted 6. Sexting Education 7. Review of Existing Research PART III: SEXTING: YOUNG PEOPLE'S VOICES 8. Online Survey Data 9. Perceptions and Practices of Sexting 10. Perceptions of Legal Responses to Sexting 11. Making Sense of Sexting PART IV: FUTURES AND NEW DIRECTIONS 12. Developing Responses to Sexting 13. Conclusion

Sexting and Young People is marketed primarily to policy makers, academics, educators, school administrators and students. & Sexting and Young People explores young peoples practices and perceptions of sexting, and how sexting has been represented in, and responded to by, the media, education campaigns, and the law. & use this book for my research and graduate teaching. It is well written and well presented with good linkages between chapters, which provide a clear and coherent interrogation of the issue. (Claire Meehan, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 50 (1), 2017)

Thomas Crofts is Associate Professor and Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney, Australia. His research in criminal law, criminology and criminal justice centres on criminalisation and criminal responsibility, with a particular focus on the criminal responsibility of young people.
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Murray Lee is Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Sydney, Al3"