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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.

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The relationship between the child and sex poses a wide range of thorny questions for late modern societies: increasingly so in the light of access to, and use of, new technologies particularly by the young. This books takes this controversial topic and subjects it to a thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis. Importantly it situates the voices, understandings and experiences of young people themselves, up against prevailing media, legal and educational discourses and in so doing raises some difficult issues for all of these realms. This is a remarkable achievement. In giving detailed consideration to the concepts of pressure, agency, gender, and the role of the image, this book is a must read for academics and practitioners alike who claim to make sense of this territory on behalf of young people. Each of these audiences will be both surprised and challenged by what they read. - Professor Sandra Walklake, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, UK.

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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.   Murray Lee is Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Sydney, Australia. He is author of over 40 refereed journal articles and book chapters on topics including crime prevention, fear of crime, policing, and crime and disadvantage.   Alyce McGovern is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of New South Wales, Australia. Alyce's research areas focus on police media and public relations, crime and (social) media, craftivism and criminology education.   Sanja Milivojevic is Lecturer in Criminology, University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research interests are trafficking in people and transnational crime, borders and mobility, security technologies, surveillance and crime, sexting, gender and victimisation and international criminal justice and human rights.

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