Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
12-12-2019
SSRN Discipline
Legal Scholarship Network; Criminal Law & Procedure eJournals; Law & Society eJournals; Law & Society: Public Law eJournals; Legal Anthropology eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; AARN Subject Matter eJournals; Cultural Anthropology eJournals; Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence & Legal Philosophy eJournals; Political Science Network; Anthropology & Archaeology Research Network
Abstract
Child pornography is exempt from First Amendment protection However in the age of "sexting" social networking websites and digital cameras teens are increasingly engaging in behaviors that meet the legal definition of child pornography Some minors have even been prosecuted and convicted for images they have taken of themselves This article takes a critical look at the justifications for regulating child pornography created or consumed by minors and raises potential constitutional and statutory challenges to some prosecutions of minors under child pornography laws
Recommended Citation
Amy Kimpel,
Using Laws Designed to Protect as a Weapon: Prosecuting Minors Under Child Pornography Laws,
(2019).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/564