Pediatrics Digest| January 01 2012 Pediatrics Digest Pediatrics (2012) 129 (1): D1–D12. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.digest1291 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Pediatrics Digest. Pediatrics January 2012; 129 (1): D1–D12. 10.1542/peds.digest1291 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All PublicationsAll JournalsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP Grand RoundsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: asthma, brain concussion, infant, premature, infant, very low birth weight, obesity, premature birth, traumatic brain injuries, sexting, headache, combined modality therapy Media reports suggest that adolescents are being charged with sex crimes and even placed on sex offender registries because of participating in the “sexting” of sexual images, but the nature and outcomes of such incidents have not been described empirically. This is the first study to examine types of sexting cases handled by police. It informs clinicians by identifying characteristics of “aggravated” versus milder incidents and finding that most youth were not arrested. Sex offender registration was rare. Educators, public health authorities, and law enforcement are confronting an increasing number of cases in which youth made sexual images of themselves and other minors and transmitted them via cell phones and the Internet. This study provides the first detailed and comprehensive national estimate of the percentage of youth who create and distribute various kinds of sexual images. Although there is some older literature examining how arrest prevalence accumulates through adolescence and... You do not currently have access to this content.