Overview
- Analyses the extent of the rise in technology facilitated sexual violence
- Draws on a breadth of original research into the real-life experiences of victims
- Explores what must be done to combat the use of technology in gender-based hate crime
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity (PSCYBER)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Violence
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines how digital communications technologies have transformed modern societies, with profound effects both for everyday life, and for everyday crimes. Sexual violence, which is recognized globally as a significant human rights problem, has likewise changed in the digital age. Through an investigation into our increasingly and ever-normalised digital lives, this study analyses the rise of technology-facilitated sexual assault, ‘revenge pornography’, online sexual harassment and gender-based hate speech. Drawing on ground-breaking research into the nature and extent of technology-facilitated forms of sexual violence and harassment, the authors explore the reach of these harms, the experiences of victims, the views of service providers and law enforcement bodies, as well as the implications for law, justice and resistance. Sexual Violence in a Digital Age is compelling reading for scholars, activists, and policymakers who seek to understand how technology is implicated in sexual violence, and what needs to be done to address sexual violence in a digital age.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Anastasia Powell is Senior Lecturer in Justice and Legal Studies at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Nicola Henry is Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies in the Department of Social Inquiry at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sexual Violence in a Digital Age
Authors: Anastasia Powell, Nicola Henry
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58047-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58046-7Published: 17 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84548-4Published: 22 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58047-4Published: 29 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2770
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2789
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 317
Topics: Cybercrime, Violence and Crime, Human Rights and Crime , Sexual Offending, Digital/New Media