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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents accessing indecent images of children
AU - Gillespie, Alisdair
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper considers the legal consequences of adolescents accessing indecent images of children. It challenges the current default position that such behaviour is illegal and worthy of punishment. The paper seeks to understand the circumstances in which adolescents may seek age-appropriate material and considers whether this is more blameworthy than those who engage in physical sexual contact with other adolescents. By examining the legal frameworks of indecent images and contact offending the paper concludes that there is unfair disparity within the criminal justice system.
AB - This paper considers the legal consequences of adolescents accessing indecent images of children. It challenges the current default position that such behaviour is illegal and worthy of punishment. The paper seeks to understand the circumstances in which adolescents may seek age-appropriate material and considers whether this is more blameworthy than those who engage in physical sexual contact with other adolescents. By examining the legal frameworks of indecent images and contact offending the paper concludes that there is unfair disparity within the criminal justice system.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Indecent images of children
KW - Child exploitation
U2 - 10.1080/13552600802248122
DO - 10.1080/13552600802248122
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 111
EP - 122
JO - Journal of Sexual Aggression
JF - Journal of Sexual Aggression
SN - 1355-2600
IS - 2
ER -