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The dubious prosecution of two teenagers in North Carolina for sharing explicit photos with each other in the context of a romantic relationship continues to attract attention from media outlets around the world, most of whom (or at least the article commenters) take advantage of the story to deride the U.S. for its lingering prurience…
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While sitting in Chicago O’Hare Airport the other day, I got a call from Joanna Walters, a New York-based reporter for London’s “The Guardian” newspaper. [@JoannaWalters13] (h/t to Dr. Jeff Temple for the referral). She was looking for background information on U.S. laws regarding sexting by children, as part of a story about the criminal…
2015-09-17 To Serve & Inspect: Digital Challenges for School Resource Officers from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered to an audience of school resource officers, administrators, and counselors at the Criminal Justice Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 17, 2015. If you are interested in discussing a presentation for professional development or continuing education for…
2015-09-16 Social Media and Emerging Applications: Investigative Potential and Legal Issues from Frederick Lane The Criminal Justice Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas, invited me to design and present a one-day continuing education course for Arkansas law enforcement officers. The course was certified for 7 hours of CLE credit by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement…
Earlier this year, I wrote about the case of Robert Emmett, who plead guilty to charges of filming up the skirts of students at his school, St. Andrews Cathedral School in Sydney, and to possession of child abuse materials. Last Thursday, Judge Ian McClintock of the Downing Centre District Court imposed a sentence of two…
One of the interesting questions associated with the rise of mobile technology is this: How long it will it take all of us to fully internalize the awareness that our actions can be recorded almost anywhere, at almost any time? That is a question that celebrities, politicians, and star atheletes have had to consider for…
2015-09-10 Cybertraps for Educators from Frederick Lane The Hawai’i Teacher Standards Board, in collaboration with Educational Testing Service and the Hawai’i campus of the University of Phoenix, convened an “Ethics Summit” to discuss the newly-proposed Model Code of Ethics for Educators. The summit was also designed to highlight the technological changes that contribute to ethical…
Laws prohibiting the possession, production, and distribution of child pornography are of surprisingly recent origin in the United States. It was not until 1982 that the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that sexually explicit images of persons under the age of 18 are not entitled to legal protection under the First Amendment. See New…
Joke or threat? That’s the question raised by an Arizona high school student’s ill-advised, reckless, fooolish Snapchat post showing a crowded hallway in the Sierra Linda High School in Phoenix. The male student captioned his photo “Planning the school shooting,” followed by three smiley faces. A 16-year-old student in Northglenn High School in Colorado named…