Advancements of, and easy access to, video recording technology has been paralleled by a growth in self-produced child pornography (SPCP). Although social and judicial attention has been given to instances of teenage sexting, other cyber-based forms of SPCP, such as webcam/website sex tourism, have been almost ignored. While some of the proposed legislation reform has referenced video-based SPCP, the majority has focused on SPCP distributed through cellular phones; excluding that which is manifested online or through entrepreneurial efforts. The purpose of this paper is to introduce commercial non-sexting SPCP, using the case study of Justin Berry, and to propose a broad punishment, education, and counselling response from youth criminal justice systems (YCJS). Recommendations are meant as a starting point, framed with multiple YCJS structures, the duality of victim and perpetrator, the justice and welfare approaches to juvenile justice, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in mind.

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