Despite the emerging pulsation of sexting, scientific investigation with criminological perspectives has been finite in finding the aetiology. “Utilizing data collected from 1,612 randomly …show more content…
A mistake you may have made in high school can and will haunt you for the rest of your life. Universities and employers are progressively checking applicants social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. as well as other background checks before granting admission or offering job opportunities. “If schools or prospective employers come across sexually explicit images of an applicant, see that the applicant was involved in the distribution of a naked photo of another teen, or the applicant was arrested, or charged with a misdemeanor or worse a felony, then chances are the applicant is not going to be accepted or offered the job regardless of the applicant's grades, or qualifications” (Parental Solutions, 2011).
Sextortion is one of the more recent “trends” associated with teenage sexting. Sextortion is “the practice of using a teen’s explicit photograph against the teen to extort more pictures or even worse sexual favors from the teen” (Parental Solutions, 2011). Overall, the “extortionist” will imperil to relinquish the photograph on the teen’s social networking site or contrive it to their school or parent unless the teen does something in return for the