Roger J.R. Levesque: Adolescents, Privacy, and the Law: A Developmental Science Perspective

Excerpt

Adolescents, Privacy, and the Law was written by Roger J.R. Levesque to show how the large shifts in nature, understanding and importance of privacy require a close look at their effects on human development. During the period of adolescence, a variety of contexts shape development and this book reveals how privacy rights shape adolescents. He evaluates the complexities of law and empirical understandings to better explain the limitations of privacy law, privacy law’s influence on development, how much privacy law currently reaches its intended goals and the potential steps to change privacy law’s increasing limitations. There is not one right to privacy and not all privacy is good. Roger Levesque believes that privacy is an inherently social phenomenon and, because of this, the way adolescents’ privacy rights and needs are shaped is crucial to society’s broader privacy interests. The book begins by giving an overview about adolescents’ limited rights to privacy and the three central strands that relate to privacy. The following three chapters discuss in depth each central strand using court cases and key lessons about privacy rights. The final two chapters conclude with empirical research that explain how privacy rights impact adolescent development and offers principles to help improve the legal system regarding adolescents’ privacy rights. …