Examining how victimisation can occur across the online-offline continuum while emphasising the need for a holistic approach to understanding and addressing contemporary harms, this book covers various themes of victimisation in the digital age linked to the interconnectedness and blurred boundaries between online and offline experiences.
The book chapters provide a critical examination of how digital advancements have paved the way for new forms of victimisation, underlining the crucial role of criminology in confronting these issues and shaping policy. It covers a variety of themes, from the nuances of cybercrime and the repercussions of modern technologies on intimate partner violence and sexual abuse, to hate crimes against marginalised groups, extremism, and information disorder. Central to these areas is the online-offline continuum approach, which encapsulates the blending of the digital and physical realms, challenging the conventional dichotomy in which they are often considered. Through its extensive exploration of diverse subjects, this book provides a thorough overview of different victimisation types, deepening our comprehension of the intricate challenges in online and offline spaces.
Blending theoretical insights, methodological rigour, and practical strategies to comprehensively dissect victimisation in the digital era, Victimisation in the Digital Age is an important resource that will appeal to students, scholars, and practitioners with an interest in criminology, victimology, sociology, and communication studies.
Part 1: Cybercrime and Online/Offline Harm 1. Introduction Morag C. Kennedy 2. Navigating the Online/Offline Continuum: Exploring Victims, Spaces, and Dangers Tine Munk, Zara A. Crawford, Elliot Doornbos, Ammaarah Faisal, Naomi Graham, Ellen Harris, Craig A. Jackson, Morag C. Kennedy, Boglarka Meggyesfalvi, Sara Rodriguez. 3. When Worlds Collide Philip Wane Part 2: Politically and Ideologically Motivated Harm 4. A Cycle of Online Radicalisation, Attacks and Extremist Content: A Case Study of Terfour,rorist Acts in Norway Thais Sardá and Karine Nordnes Skoglund 5. An Exploration of How Online Threats can Impact Mosque Worshippers and the Factors which Enables this12 Mikhail Sulaiman Azard 6. Online Hate, Offline Violence: Antisemitism as a Memetic Hatred Ariel Koch 7. Deception as an Online Weapon, Does the Truth Matter? Juan Ahmad and Tine Munk Part 3: Intimate Partner Violence and Image-based Sexual Abuse 8. Changning the Law on Intimate Image Abuse: A New Paradigm for Image-based Domestic Abuse? Kirsty Welsh 9. Examine Cyberbullying and Cyberstalking through the Lens of Intimate Partner Violence: A Caribbean Perspective. Chantelle Cummings 10. When Cyberspace Turns Deadly: The Significance of Online Harassment in Intimate Partner Homicide Megan Cadwallader and Morag C. Kennedy Part 4: Hate Crime and Minority Groups 11. Why do We Need a Territorial Typology of Gender-based Political Violence? An Analysis of the Online and Offline Harms Suffered by Brazilian Female Politicians Defending Territory Ladyane Souza, Luise Koch, Maria Paula Russo Riva and Raji Ghawi 12. From Telegram to Tate Britain: Drag Queen Story Hour and the British Extreme Right Cathrine Stinton 13. ‘Seriously, Don’t Leave Your Flat’… I was Doxxed Grayson Bartles Part 5: New Challenges and the Future: 14. Dolls and Sex Robots: Panacea or Pandora’s Box. Neil Radford 15. Concluding Remarks: The Merge of the Online and Offline Worlds Tine Munk
Tine Munk is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, specialising in cybercrime and cybersecurity, predominantly in political contexts. This research is reflected in publications including ‘The Rise of Politically Motivated Cyber Attacks’ (2023), ‘Memetic War: Civic Resistance in Ukraine’ (2024), and ‘Far-Right Extremism Online: Beyond the Fringe’ (2024). Morag C. Kennedy is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, focusing on intimate partner abuse and homicide involving digital harm, primarily considering co-victim perspectives. Recent publications include ‘They didn’t want to upset the client: Stalking in Hands-On Occupations’ (2023) and ‘Digital Coercive Control: A Male Perspective’ (2022).
