How often are teens arrested for sexting?: data from a national sample of police cases.
Summary: Reports on the findings of a US study examining characteristics of youth sexting cases handled by police and their outcomes in response to clinical and other concerns about the risks of sexting behaviour. Two-thirds of the cases involved an “aggravating” circumstance beyond the creation and/or dissemination of a sexual image. In these aggravated cases, either an adult was involved (36% of cases) or a minor engaged in malicious, nonconsensual, or abusive behaviour (31% of cases). Found that overall, arrest is not typical in sexting cases with no adults involved.
| Publication details: Pediatrics Volume 129 Issue 1, 2012 |
| Authors: Wolak, Janis, and Finkelhor, David, and Mitchell, Kimberly J. |
How often are teens arrested for sexting?: data from a national sample of police cases.
