Fernando Miró-Llinares
Biographic Data
| ID | 276822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fernando Miró-Llinares |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fernando |
| FAMILY NAME | Miró-Llinares |
| SIGNATURE | MIRÓ-LLINARES F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6379-5857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The gamblification of digital leisure: The introduction of gambling among new publics
In recent years, the internet and digitalization have propelled a phenomenon of ‘gamblification’ across various sectors. This event extends beyond traditional areas like sports betting, introducing gambling elements into new domains such as video games and streaming platforms. The rise of loot boxes in online games exemplifies this trend, merging gambling mechanics with gaming. Not only does this process spread activities that may lead to problem…
Understanding Crime Trends in a Hybrid Society: The Digital Drift
SpringerBriefs in Criminology present concise summaries of cutting edge research across the fields of Criminology and Criminal Justice.It publishes small but impactful volumes of between 50-125 pages, with a clearly defined focus.The series covers a broad range of Criminology research from experimental design and methods, to brief reports and regional studies, to policy-related applications.The scope of the series spans the whole field of Crimino…
Development and validation of the Trading Disorder Scale for assessing problematic trading behaviors
Certainty, But How Certain? Severity, But How Severe? A Quasi-Experimental Study on Digital Piracy Deterrence in a Spanish Citizens Sample
The assumptions underlying classical deterrence remain an underpinning of most legal systems. Although empirical research on deterrence is extensive, less investigated are the conditions under which deterrence is more or less likely to occur. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of sanction severity and certainty on intentions to illegally download a film. A 3 × 4 factorial design was used in which three degrees of severity and 4° of…
Criminal law reform in the X-sphere: Partisanship and verticality
This study analyses the X (a.k.a. Twitter) discussion about a recent criminal law reform in Spain in order to (1) better understand the network structure of the virtual public sphere and (2) identify leaders in this debate. This article is part of a larger inquiry into the increase in citizen participation and the conditions of deliberative participation regarding criminal law in the current media environment. Based on a sample of tweets publishe…
Es sobre el gobierno, no sobre la Ley: El debate en las redes sociales sobre la reforma para la abolición de la prostitución en España
La digitalización y el auge de las redes sociales han transformado el panorama comunicativo actual, generando preocupación por la desinformación y la polarización. Este estudio se enfoca en cómo los medios y Twitter abordan la propuesta de abolición de la prostitución, revelando que las noticias se centran en el debate político sin profundizar en detalles específicos o consecuencias. En Twitter, los comentarios, mayormente de actores políticos, s…
Consensus on community guidelines: An experimental study on the legitimacy of content removal in social media
The popularization of social media has led to a considerable increase in the importance of discursive expressions of violence, especially when directed at vulnerable communities. While social media platforms have created rules to regulate such expressions, little information is available on the perception of the legitimacy of these rules in the general population, regardless of the importance of the former for the latter. It is therefore the obje…
Misinformation about fake news: A systematic critical review of empirical studies on the phenomenon and its status as a ‘threat’
After the 2016 US presidential elections, the term ‘fake news’ became synonymous with disinformation and a catch-all term for the problems that social networks were bringing to communication. Four years later, there are dozens of empirical studies that have attempted to describe and analyse an issue that, despite still being in the process of definition, has been identified as one of the key COVID-19 cyberthreats by Interpol, is considered a thre…
Old crimes reported in new bottles: The disclosure of child sexual abuse on Twitter through the case #MeTooInceste
Movements such as #MeToo have shown how an online trend can become the vehicle for collectively sharing personal experiences of sexual victimisation that often remains unreported to the criminal justice system. These social media trends offer new opportunities to social scientists who investigate complex phenomena that, despite existing since time immemorial, are still taboo and difficult to access. They also bring technical difficulties, as the …
Repeat victimization by website defacement: An empirical test of premises from an environmental criminology perspective
Repeat victimization has been widely studied from the perspective of environmental criminology for several decades. During this period, criminologists have identified a set of repeat victimization premises that are observed for many crimes; however, it is unknown whether these premises are also valid for cybercrime. In this study we rely on more than 9 million Zone-H data records from 2010 to 2017 to test whether these premises apply for the cybe…
When social media feeds classic punitivism on media: The coverage of the glorification of terrorism on XXI
This article addresses the impact of social media on media coverage of criminal justice. We specifically analyse the Spanish media coverage of the glorification of terrorism between 2011 and 2020. Via the construction of correlation networks between words, we identify key discursive elements related to this crime and its variations across time in a database of 1403 news pieces published in the digital versions of Spain’s two major newspapers, ABC…
Empty Streets, Busy Internet: A Time-Series Analysis of Cybercrime and Fraud Trends During Covid-19
The unprecedented changes in routine activities brought about by COVID-19 and the associated lockdown measures contributed to a reduction in opportunities for predatory crimes in outdoor physical spaces, while people spent more time connected to the internet, and opportunities for cybercrime and fraud increased. This article applies time-series analysis to historical data on cybercrime and fraud reported to Action Fraud in the United Kingdom to e…
Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Covid-19 Crisis Lockdown: A Special Issue Introduction
When do businesses report cybercrime? Findings from a UK study
Although it is known that businesses report cybercrime to public authorities at a low rate, and this hinders prevention strategies, there is a lack of research on companies’ decisions to report cyber victimisation. This paper analyses the UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey to explore factors associated with cybercrime reporting by businesses. Results indicate that the type of cybercrime is relevant to the reporting decision, and that the likelihoo…
Hunter or Prey? Exploring the Situational Profiles that Define Repeated Online Harassment Victims and Offenders
Data collected from a sample of Spanish non-university students (N = 4174) were used to identify unique situational profiles of self-identified repeated online harassment victims and offenders, through a Conjunctive Analysis of Case Configurations (CACC). Repeat victim and offender profiles were constructed using individual-level factors and variables related to the cyber "places" where students go online and their personal information they share…
Cybercrime and shifts in opportunities during Covid-19: A preliminary analysis in the UK
The COVID-19 outbreak and the far-reaching lockdown measures are having direct and indirect effects on complex social domains, including opportunities for crime offline and online. This paper presents preliminary analyses about the short-term effect of COVID-19 and lockdown measures on cyber-dependent crime and online fraud in the UK. Time series analyses from data about crimes known to police between May 2019 and May 2020 are used to explore the…
Cybercrime and shifts in opportunities during Covid-19: A preliminary analysis in the UK
The COVID-19 outbreak and the far-reaching lockdown measures are having direct and indirect effects on complex social domains, including opportunities for crime offline and online. This paper presents preliminary analyses about the short-term effect of COVID-19 and lockdown measures on cyber-dependent crime and online fraud in the UK. Time series analyses from data about crimes known to police between May 2019 and May 2020 are used to explore the…
Hunter or Prey? Exploring the Situational Profiles that Define Repeated Online Harassment Victims and Offenders
Data collected from a sample of Spanish non-university students (N = 4174) were used to identify unique situational profiles of self-identified repeated online harassment victims and offenders, through a Conjunctive Analysis of Case Configurations (CACC). Repeat victim and offender profiles were constructed using individual-level factors and variables related to the cyber "places" where students go online and their personal information they share…
Old crimes reported in new bottles: The disclosure of child sexual abuse on Twitter through the case #MeTooInceste
Movements such as #MeToo have shown how an online trend can become the vehicle for collectively sharing personal experiences of sexual victimisation that often remains unreported to the criminal justice system. These social media trends offer new opportunities to social scientists who investigate complex phenomena that, despite existing since time immemorial, are still taboo and difficult to access. They also bring technical difficulties, as the …
Cybercrime and shifts in opportunities during Covid-19: A preliminary analysis in the UK
The COVID-19 outbreak and the far-reaching lockdown measures are having direct and indirect effects on complex social domains, including opportunities for crime offline and online. This paper presents preliminary analyses about the short-term effect of COVID-19 and lockdown measures on cyber-dependent crime and online fraud in the UK. Time series analyses from data about crimes known to police between May 2019 and May 2020 are used to explore the…
Empty Streets, Busy Internet: A Time-Series Analysis of Cybercrime and Fraud Trends During Covid-19
The unprecedented changes in routine activities brought about by COVID-19 and the associated lockdown measures contributed to a reduction in opportunities for predatory crimes in outdoor physical spaces, while people spent more time connected to the internet, and opportunities for cybercrime and fraud increased. This article applies time-series analysis to historical data on cybercrime and fraud reported to Action Fraud in the United Kingdom to e…
Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Covid-19 Crisis Lockdown: A Special Issue Introduction
When do businesses report cybercrime? Findings from a UK study
Although it is known that businesses report cybercrime to public authorities at a low rate, and this hinders prevention strategies, there is a lack of research on companies’ decisions to report cyber victimisation. This paper analyses the UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey to explore factors associated with cybercrime reporting by businesses. Results indicate that the type of cybercrime is relevant to the reporting decision, and that the likelihoo…
Hunter or Prey? Exploring the Situational Profiles that Define Repeated Online Harassment Victims and Offenders
Data collected from a sample of Spanish non-university students (N = 4174) were used to identify unique situational profiles of self-identified repeated online harassment victims and offenders, through a Conjunctive Analysis of Case Configurations (CACC). Repeat victim and offender profiles were constructed using individual-level factors and variables related to the cyber "places" where students go online and their personal information they share…
Repeat victimization by website defacement: An empirical test of premises from an environmental criminology perspective
Repeat victimization has been widely studied from the perspective of environmental criminology for several decades. During this period, criminologists have identified a set of repeat victimization premises that are observed for many crimes; however, it is unknown whether these premises are also valid for cybercrime. In this study we rely on more than 9 million Zone-H data records from 2010 to 2017 to test whether these premises apply for the cybe…
When social media feeds classic punitivism on media: The coverage of the glorification of terrorism on XXI
This article addresses the impact of social media on media coverage of criminal justice. We specifically analyse the Spanish media coverage of the glorification of terrorism between 2011 and 2020. Via the construction of correlation networks between words, we identify key discursive elements related to this crime and its variations across time in a database of 1403 news pieces published in the digital versions of Spain’s two major newspapers, ABC…
Consensus on community guidelines: An experimental study on the legitimacy of content removal in social media
The popularization of social media has led to a considerable increase in the importance of discursive expressions of violence, especially when directed at vulnerable communities. While social media platforms have created rules to regulate such expressions, little information is available on the perception of the legitimacy of these rules in the general population, regardless of the importance of the former for the latter. It is therefore the obje…
Misinformation about fake news: A systematic critical review of empirical studies on the phenomenon and its status as a ‘threat’
After the 2016 US presidential elections, the term ‘fake news’ became synonymous with disinformation and a catch-all term for the problems that social networks were bringing to communication. Four years later, there are dozens of empirical studies that have attempted to describe and analyse an issue that, despite still being in the process of definition, has been identified as one of the key COVID-19 cyberthreats by Interpol, is considered a thre…
Old crimes reported in new bottles: The disclosure of child sexual abuse on Twitter through the case #MeTooInceste
Movements such as #MeToo have shown how an online trend can become the vehicle for collectively sharing personal experiences of sexual victimisation that often remains unreported to the criminal justice system. These social media trends offer new opportunities to social scientists who investigate complex phenomena that, despite existing since time immemorial, are still taboo and difficult to access. They also bring technical difficulties, as the …
Es sobre el gobierno, no sobre la Ley: El debate en las redes sociales sobre la reforma para la abolición de la prostitución en España
La digitalización y el auge de las redes sociales han transformado el panorama comunicativo actual, generando preocupación por la desinformación y la polarización. Este estudio se enfoca en cómo los medios y Twitter abordan la propuesta de abolición de la prostitución, revelando que las noticias se centran en el debate político sin profundizar en detalles específicos o consecuencias. En Twitter, los comentarios, mayormente de actores políticos, s…
Understanding Crime Trends in a Hybrid Society: The Digital Drift
SpringerBriefs in Criminology present concise summaries of cutting edge research across the fields of Criminology and Criminal Justice.It publishes small but impactful volumes of between 50-125 pages, with a clearly defined focus.The series covers a broad range of Criminology research from experimental design and methods, to brief reports and regional studies, to policy-related applications.The scope of the series spans the whole field of Crimino…
Development and validation of the Trading Disorder Scale for assessing problematic trading behaviors
Certainty, But How Certain? Severity, But How Severe? A Quasi-Experimental Study on Digital Piracy Deterrence in a Spanish Citizens Sample
The assumptions underlying classical deterrence remain an underpinning of most legal systems. Although empirical research on deterrence is extensive, less investigated are the conditions under which deterrence is more or less likely to occur. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of sanction severity and certainty on intentions to illegally download a film. A 3 × 4 factorial design was used in which three degrees of severity and 4° of…
Criminal law reform in the X-sphere: Partisanship and verticality
This study analyses the X (a.k.a. Twitter) discussion about a recent criminal law reform in Spain in order to (1) better understand the network structure of the virtual public sphere and (2) identify leaders in this debate. This article is part of a larger inquiry into the increase in citizen participation and the conditions of deliberative participation regarding criminal law in the current media environment. Based on a sample of tweets publishe…
The gamblification of digital leisure: The introduction of gambling among new publics
In recent years, the internet and digitalization have propelled a phenomenon of ‘gamblification’ across various sectors. This event extends beyond traditional areas like sports betting, introducing gambling elements into new domains such as video games and streaming platforms. The rise of loot boxes in online games exemplifies this trend, merging gambling mechanics with gaming. Not only does this process spread activities that may lead to problem…
Criminology (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · The Internet (7 works) · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (6 works)