A new legal frontier:
The role of social networking services and mobile phone technology in sexual violence

About this project

The role of social networking services and mobile phone technology in facilitating sexual violence is a research project funded by the Legal Services Board of Victoria.

This project is a partnership project between the ACSSA and CASA Forum which:

• Explores the use of new communication technologies, specifically social networking sites and mobile phone technology, in the facilitation of sexual violence.
• Focuses on the experiences of young people aged 16-20 years, the most group at most risk of sexual assault* and most likely to use social networking services.

* Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006

Its mission is:

• To add to existing knowledge about the role of social networking technology in the facilitation of sexual violence perpetration;
• To inform legal policy makers and practitioners about this issue; and
• To examine the challenges of social networking services and mobile phone technologies for the legal system.

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