"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of psychology & human sexuality, volume 16, numbers 2/3 2004." Chiefly papers presented at a symposium held in Vienna in 2002 as part of the biennial conference of the International Society for the Treatment of Sex Offenders.

Introduction -- The 17-year-old child : an absurdity of the late 20th century / Helmut Graupner -- Age of consent : a historical overview / Vern L. Bullough -- Adolescent American sex / David Weiss, Vern L. Bullough -- An empirical examination of sexual relations between adolescents and adults : they differ from those between children and adults and should be treated separately / Bruce Rind -- 14 to 18 year olds as "children" by law? : reflections on developments in national and European law / Lilian Hofmeister -- Sexuality, adolescence, and the criminal law : the perspective of criminology / Michael C. Baurmann -- Adolescence, sexual aggression, and the criminal law / Lorenz Böllinger -- Prostitution of young persons : a topic of social work and/or penal legislation / Thomas Moebius -- Sexual consent : the criminal law in Europe and outside of Europe / Helmut Graupner.