{"id":10193,"date":"2023-11-08T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T08:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=10193"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:11:18","slug":"sexting-under-criminal-law","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/sexting-under-criminal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexting Under Criminal Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4421 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-Sexting-Strafrecht-300x193.png\" alt=\"Cover \" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-Sexting-Strafrecht-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-Sexting-Strafrecht-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-Sexting-Strafrecht.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The consensual exchange of intimate image content (sexting) is now part of the reality of life for many children and young people who are developing sexually and exploring their sexuality in the digital space. <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/suenje-andresen\/\">S\u00fcnje Andresen<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/stephan-dreyer\/\"> Stephan Dreyer<\/a>, together with two colleagues from the &#8220;Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder und Jugendschutz NRW&#8221; [working group on the protection of children and adolescents in North Rhine-Westphalia], write about the issues of &#8220;consensual sexting&#8221; involving young people under criminal law in the current issue of the journal &#8220;Kinder- und Jugendschutz in Wissenschaft und Praxis&#8221; [Child and Youth Protection in Science and Practice](KJuG).<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 16 percent of minors are actively sexting. However, minors who engage in sexting can become the focus of law enforcement authorities because of their behaviour. The tightening of penalties under Section 184b of the German Criminal Code (StGB) has further intensified the criminalization of minors who engage in consensual sexting. In view of the relevance of such forms of communication for the development of minors and the restriction of their right to sexual self-determination, the authors see this as an infringement of their rights as guaranteed by the UNCRC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjug-zeitschrift.de\/de\/Artikel\/6112\">Link to the article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andresen, S.; Dreyer, S.; Huerkamp, D.; Knabenschuh, S.: (2023): Aktuelles Sexualstrafrecht als Kinderrechteversto\u00df? Zur strafrechtlichen Problematik konsensualen Sextings unter Beteiligung von jungen Menschen [Current Legislation on Sexual Offences as a Violation of Children&#8217;s Rights? On the Criminal Law Problem of Consensual Sexting with the Participation of Young People]. In: Kinder- und Jugendschutz in Wissenschaft und Praxis (KJug) Issue 4\/2023, pp. 163-171.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-10193","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sexting Under Criminal Law - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/sexting-under-criminal-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sexting Under Criminal Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The consensual exchange of intimate image content (sexting) is now part of the reality of life for many children and young people who are developing sexually and exploring their sexuality in the digital space. 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