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abuse
adolescence
american systems
Author_Jennifer Ann Drobac
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civil
consent laws
criminality
development
discrimination
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harassment
judgement
justice
juvenile sex crime statutes
law
legal studies
minors
neuroscience
policy
potential reforms
psychology
public awareness
relationships
science
sexual exploitation
sexuality
teen capacity
teenager
united states of america
usa
Product details
- ISBN 9780226301013
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 15 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 02 Feb 2016
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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When we consider the concept of sexual abuse and harassment, our minds tend to jump either towards adults caught in unhealthy relationships or criminals who take advantage of children. But the millions of maturing teenagers who also deal with sexual harassment can fall between the cracks. When it comes to sexual relationships, adolescents pose a particular problem. Few teenagers possess all of the emotional and intellectual tools needed to navigate these threats, including the all too real advances made by supervisors, teachers, and mentors. In Sexual Exploitation of Teenagers, Jennifer Drobac explores the shockingly common problem of maturing adolescents who are harassed and exploited by adults in their lives. Reviewing the neuroscience and psychosocial evidence of adolescent development, she explains why teens are so vulnerable to adult harassers. Even today, in an age of increasing public awareness, criminal and civil law regarding the sexual abuse of minors remains tragically inept and irregular from state to state.
Drobac uses six recent cases of teens suffering sexual harassment to illuminate the flaws and contradictions of this system, skillfully showing how our current laws fail to protect youths, and offering an array of imaginative legal reforms that could achieve increased justice for adolescent victims of sexual coercion.
Jennifer Drobac is professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
