Sexual Violence in the Digital Age

Replicating and Augmenting Harm, Victimhood and Blame

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12282938
AutoresRachel Killean (0000-0003-2179-7314, Queen's University Belfast, autor de correspondencia), Anne‐Marie McAlinden (0000-0001-9022-9404, Queen's University Belfast), Eithne Dowds (0000-0002-9312-7865, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
Año2022
Volumen31
Número6
Páginas871-892
Fecha de publicación2022-03-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Legal Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09646639221086592
OpenAlexW4220859260
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas87

This article examines some of the complexities and tensions which lie at the intersection of popular and official constructions of technology-assisted sexual violence (TA-SV). It argues that many of the core contextual understandings of victimhood and harm which underpin the cultural and legal framing of offline forms of sexual violence are not only reproduced but augmented in virtual settings. Drawing on debates from critical victimology, the article argues that TA-SV amplifies traditional understandings of ‘victim’ and ‘offender’ behaviours concerning sexual crime. In so doing, it highlights the particular challenges around: a) the ‘ideal victim’; (b) responsibilisation and blame; and c) victim-offender-bystander continuums which emerge not only within discourses on TA-SV, but also through the use of digital evidence at trial. The article concludes by examining the broader implications for academic discourses on victimhood and the challenges for legal and cultural discourses in responding to sexual violence in the digital age

Blame · Criminology · Framing (construction · Harm · Sexual violence · Sociology · History · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology · Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment