The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse

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Synopsis

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Digital technologies have led to many important social and cultural changes worldwide, but they are also implicated in the facilitation of violence and abuse. While cybercriminality is often described as one of the greatest threats to nation states and global security, the wide range of interpersonal crimes comprising technology-facilitated violence and abuse (TFVA) - including, but not limited to, image-based sexual abuse, hate speech, online sexual harassment and cyberstalking - has received little attention.


This handbook features theoretical, empirical, policy and legal analysis of TFVA from over 40 multidisciplinary scholars, practitioners, advocates, survivors and technologists from 17 countries. Addressing a spectrum of abuse perpetrated online, offline and through new technologies, the book sets TFVA in the context of intersecting underlying systemic drivers - including misogyny, racism, classism, colonialism, ableism, ageism, transphobia and homophobia - and discusses ways forward in effectively responding to TFVA. Adopting a holistic approach, it explores a host of issues relating to TFVA, including the nature and experience of harmful and criminal conduct; organisational responses; regulatory, legal and ethical concerns; corporate and social responsibility; justice for victims; bystander intervention; and cultural and social attitudes.


The handbook's international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral nature affords opportunities for learning from common experiences, but it also emphasises the equality-affirming importance of avoiding one-size-fits-all analyses that fail to reflect rich and diverse experiences from around the world.

Book details

Series:
Emerald Studies In Digital Crime, Technology and Social Harms
Author:
Jane Bailey, Asher Flynn, Nicola Henry
ISBN:
9781839828508
Related ISBNs:
9781839828485, 9781839828492
Publisher:
Emerald Publishing Limited
Pages:
824
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-06-03
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2021
Copyright by:
Jane Bailey 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Nonfiction, Sociology