Abstract

Between consenting adults, the private electronic sharing of nude photos is generally not illegal. However, when adolescents mimic this adult behavior they are in possession of child pornography and/or engaging in the pandering of child pornography, both of which are crimes in the United States. To address this fairly new adolescent social “sexting” problem, the Social Media & Sexting Intervention Program was created. This is a curriculum based juvenile diversion program recently established in two counties in Wisconsin. The purpose of the current study was to provide a preliminary evaluation assessing the impact of the program. During the first year of the program, 66 adolescents were referred to the program by school resource officers and courts in the two counties. Of those 66 referrals, 61 adolescents were able to participate in the program. A pre/post-test design was used to assess knowledge gained and attitude changes. Overall, the results of the assessment indicate that the program is educationally promising. Perhaps just as importantly, the program protects adolescents from an overly punitive justice system.

摘要

在同意的成年人之间，裸照的私人电子共享通常并不违法。然而，当青少年模仿这种成人行为时，他们就拥有儿童色情制品和/或参与迎合儿童色情制品，这两种行为在美国都是犯罪行为。为了解决这个相当新的青少年社交“色情”问题，创建了社交媒体和色情干预计划。这是最近在威斯康星州的两个县建立的基于课程的青少年转移计划。当前研究的目的是提供初步评估，评估该计划的影响。在该计划的第一年，两个县的学校资源官员和法院将 66 名青少年转介到该计划。在这 66 个推荐人中，61 名青少年能够参加该计划。使用前/后测试设计来评估所获得的知识和态度的变化。总体而言，评估结果表明该计划在教育上很有前景。也许同样重要的是，该计划保护青少年免受过度惩罚性的司法系统的侵害。