Een overheid op drift: de strafrechtelijke beheersing van seks en jongeren

Abstract

The study at hand focuses on the control of sex and youngsters through the

response by authorities most notably from within criminal justice. This dissertation

consists of five articles and a concluding chapter. The emphasis of this study is on the societal interests as protected by the authorities. This approach provides a useful complement to more conventional research on sexual abuse and sexual transgression. In a lot of studies the behavior of individuals receives most attention and not the response by authorities, which can be indicative of the way authorities envision the organization of society. It is this organization through the control of youth and sex that sets this study apart from other studies.