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Lara Karaian
Lara Karaian is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Criminology
and Criminal Justice at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Her
research examines the intersections between sexuality, technology, and
law. Her current research project, “Sex/Crime in the Era of Immersive,
Interactive, and Intelligent Technologies: A Study of Sextech, Affect,
and Law” (funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council), examines how sextech affects the legal concept of ‘sex
crime’. Lara has served as an Expert Consultant for national and
international studies on youths’ digital sexual expression and as an
expert consultant on numerous criminal cases involving youths’
intimate image distribution. She is an editorial member of the journal
Porn Studies and a Senior Fellow and blogger at Toronto Metropolitan
University’s Centre for Free Expression. Her research has been
published online as well as in numerous peer-reviewed journals and
edited collections.
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Reprinted from The Conversation with the author’s permission
