Unreasonable Steps: Trying to Make Sense of R. v. Morrison

Authors

Isabel Grant, Allard School of Law at the University of British ColumbiaFollow
Janine Benedet, Allard School of Law at the University of British ColumbiaFollow

Faculty Author Type

Current Faculty [Isabel Grant] & Current Faculty [Janine Benedet]

Published In

Criminal Law Quarterly

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

2019

Subjects

R. v. Morrison

Abstract

Children and youth routinely have easy, unsupervised access to the internet through smartphones and tablets. This connectivity increases the danger that adults will sexually exploit them. Adult chat rooms, which may require nothing more than a child checking a box indicating that they are over the age of 18, are a common site for such exploitation. In most cases, this behaviour only comes to light when either a parent becomes aware of the activity, or when an in-person sexual offence against a child is detected and the online communications are discovered in the course of the investigation.

Citation Details

Isabel Grant & Janine Benedet, "Unreasonable Steps: Trying to Make Sense of R. v. Morrison" (2019) 67 Crim LQ 14.