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Professor Jennifer Drobac’s latest book, Sexual Exploitation of Teenagers: Adolescent Development, Discrimination, & Consent Law, was given a positive review by the publication “CHOICE.” It’s a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries. The book was rated as “Essential,” which is the highest rating the publication bestows. Professor Drobac’s book was published by the University of Chicago Press.

“It is concrete—the author reviews findings from neuroscience and psychology to explain why teenagers are so vulnerable to sexual predators,” the reviewer wrote. “She (Drobac) presents case studies illustrating various forms of exploitation and then merges the scientific findings with the case studies to provide thoughtful, useful advice on how to reconstruct the law and how to advise this vulnerable population. This book could usefully be in the library of every high school counselor and profitably read by parents and others entrusted with the care of kids.”

The work examines the increasingly common problem of maturing adolescents who are harassed and exploited by the adults in their lives, and considers the neuroscience and psychological evidence of adolescent development to learn why teens are vulnerable to their adult harassers. Professor Drobac is the R. Bruce Townsend Professor of Law, and her book’s topic was the subject of the lecture she presented in celebration of this professorship.

Professor Drobac became a Fulbright Specialist in 2015. She received the Indiana University 2010 Sylvia E. Bowman Distinguished Teaching Award. She also received the 2005 Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award. She was named a John S. Grimes Fellow in 2006 and 2009 and a Dean's Fellow in recognition of scholarly excellence in 2005-2006.