Μαρία Ιωάννου
Biographic Data
| ID | 4462148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Μαρία Ιωάννου |
| GIVEN NAMES | Μαρία |
| FAMILY NAME | Ιωάννου |
| SIGNATURE | ΙΩΆΝΝΟΥ Μ |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Huddersfield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9376-563X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hybrid leadership and its impact on organisational performance and innovation
This study examines how senior leaders at Bahrain's General Sports Authority (GSA), a public governmental authority operating within Bahrain's state administrative framework, enact hybrid leadership to enhance organisational performance and innovation. Drawing on nine semi-structured interviews with senior GSA executives, the study employs a qualitative, exploratory design and applies Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six-phase thematic analysis to ident…
“It’s Not Certain She Killed Him, but with Her Personality and the Means of Murder, it’s Very Likely”. A Thematic Exploration of Stereotypical Beliefs in Cases of Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner H…
Stereotyping of female perpetrators of intimate partner homicide (IPH) has the potential to influence sentencing severity. To investigate beliefs about female IPH defendants, UK jury-eligible participants (N = 120) aged 18 - 75 read a series of four vignettes detailing hypothetical cases of female-perpetrated IPH and described their beliefs regarding the defendant. Data were analyzed utilizing Reflexive Thematic Analysis, resulting in five themes…
Classifying Incel Offenders
Due to the relatively recent formation of the involuntary celibate (incel) community, there is limited research on the topic of incel-motivated offenses and offenders. The current study was designed to create a model to classify incel offenders, using media and secondary sources. The results of the study created a core region of variables that are central to incel incidents, as well as two themes: Violent Criminal and Disturbed Loner. The finding…
How the Actions of Fictional Characters Influence Copycat Offenders
Copycat offences based on media influences have received arguably little attention within academic literature. As such, a qualitative thematic analysis was conducted to copycat offenders whose offences were inspired by fictional media. Thirty offenders were identified who were responsible for thirty-nine offences overall. The results found that half of the offenders displayed excessive violence during their offences. Additionally, twelve offender…
Are social media platforms blurring the lines between coercive control and healthy relationship? A study investigating perceptions of coercive control
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between social media (in particular, TikTok) and perceptions of coercive control. Participants viewed seven TikTok videos which involved coercive control and judged them using quantitative questions and open-ended question. The results showed that a moderate negative correlation was observed, indicating that individuals who approved of the behaviour shown in the video held more permissive at…
Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Homicide
How the Sarah Everard Case has Changed Public Perceptions of Police Officers
News can have profound effects on public perceptions of the police. The public's views of the police following the widespread case of Sarah Everard have yet to be examined, despite it's link to violence against women and girls. This research explored the impact of this case on public perceptions of the police in the period afterwards. An analysis of 107 social media posts uncovered seven themes showing this case caused extreme fear and anxiety. W…
The Romantic Psychopath? Investigating How Psychopathic Traits and Stalking Victimization Apply to the Context of Romantic Relationships
While researchers have previously been interested in investigating and understanding psychopathy, much of this research has focussed on criminal psychopaths, and the area of non-criminal psychopathy has remained largely under-researched, particularly surrounding romantic relationships. The present study explored how the traits of psychopathy impact romantic relationships between a psychopathic individual and a non-psychopathic partner and also ex…
Gen Z Hybristophilia
This research explores hybristophilia (an individual’s sexual interest in and attraction to those who commit crimes) among Generation Z women, particularly through investigating how Gen Z female users interact with and feel about hybristophilic content and how this content impacts their attraction to offenders. Study 1 involved a content analysis of 66 videos and 91 comments on TikTok, identifying seven main themes: The Halo Effect, ActorOffender…
Psychological factors leading to sextortion
Sextortion often begins with a perpetrator contacting a victim through social media platforms, dating websites, or messaging applications. Victims share their explicit content, allowing the perpetrator to gain control by threatening to expose this material unless demands are met. The limited extant literature on this topic highlights a vast demographic of victims and serious consequences following victimisation. Given its interactional nature, th…
Sexual Offending
The Criminal Narrative Experience (CNE) is a framework developed within Invest-igative Psychology, which combines the emotions and narrative roles experienced by the offender during the commission of their offense, to understand their personal experience of crime . Previous research proposes four distinct themes within CNE; The Elated Hero, The Calm Professional, The Distressed Revenger, and The Depressed Victim , however little attention has yet…
Time to Bear Arms
There has been a noticeable rise in the number of mass shootings occurring in the US over the last decade with these attacks often being committed by a lone actor. This article aims to explore this, focusing on the time suspension between when the lone actor acquires their firearm and when they commit their attack. The cases involved all occurred in the US and all perpetrators obtained their firearms legally. The results found that, on average, l…
Dating Applications
Perpetrators often have easy access to victims via widely used social media networks, such as Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. Nowadays, dating applications have provided one more platform where sextortionists identify potential victims and lure them into extortion and victimization. Limited research and media coverage has revealed that sextortion can cause significant harm, with victims reporting negative psychological consequences, such as de…
No One Believed Me, and I Have No proof
Spiking has become increasingly more prevalent since the 1990s, with drugs \nsuch as Rohypnol, Ketamine and GHB commonly being put unknowingly into \npeople’s drinks in nightclubs. More recently, spiking through the use of \na needle has become more prevalent in the nighttime economy, with this \nand the other more commonly known methods of spiking (drink, food) all \nbeing limited in research. The current mixed-design study aims to explore \nvic…
Foreshadowing Terror
Previous research has highlighted the prominent behavior of lone wolf terrorists to produce and share a manifesto publicly, outlining their frustrations and motivations for their eventual terrorist attack. This article aims to explore this phenomenon, focusing on the timelapse between when a terrorist manifesto is posted online and when the eventual attack occurs, discussing the time difference between the two events for 12 cases of lone wolf ter…
Conspiratorial Narratives on Facebook and Their Historical Contextual Associations
Conspiracy theories and their effects have greatly proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. As in various countries, so in Cyprus, a mobilization of anti-vaxxers organized mainly through Facebook, violently attacked the largest media group of the island, “Sigma”. Taking into consideration local peculiarities and historical contexts, a qualitative research was conducted on comments posted on Sigma Live's Facebook page, spanning between Au…
Reporting missing children to the police
Releasing missing person appeals is common practice when someone goes missing. Despite the wide-scale usage, the understanding on appeal effectiveness remains under-researched. This article aims to identify the factors that influence the likelihood of members of the public to report a child that has gone missing to the police and requires police assistance. Participant responses ( n = 252) were qualitatively analysed identifying four factors that…
The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries
The present study provided empirical evidence that different sexting behaviors were predicted by Dark Triad Personality Traits, showing a relevant role of Machiavellianism in all kinds of investigated sexting behaviors. Research, clinical, and education implications for prevention programs are discussed
The role of Hexaco personality traits in different kinds of sexting
When sex is more than just sex
Rates of sexual assault remain high in Jamaica, although victims are often reluctant to report incidences to the police. Those cases which are reported by victims are investigated by the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Centre for Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA). Whilst improvements have been noted in recent years, human rights organisations have highlighted on-going limitations of such investigations and the effective interviewing of victim…
Understanding the three levels of resilience
The huge growth in expenditure on counter‐extremism and counter‐terrorism policy post 9/11 (Dawson & Guinnessy, 2002; Lum, Kennedy, & Sherley, 2006; Silke, 2004) has seen buzzwords such as “resilience” integrated without clear framing or the underpinning of empirical evidence. The issue addressed by the current study is twofold: the framing of resilience within policy is not such that it clearly relates to extremism and, the subsequent lack of un…
An empirical framework of control methods of victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation
Although human trafficking for sexual exploitation is a frequently discussed area in current research, especially on the way that human traffickers control their victims, a recurrent problem is the lack of empirical basis. The present study examines control methods (or conditions) used against 137 victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. A multidimensional scaling analysis (smallest space analysis (SSA-I)) of 23 control methods (and …
An empirical framework of control methods of victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation
Although human trafficking for sexual exploitation is a frequently discussed area in current research, especially on the way that human traffickers control their victims, a recurrent problem is the lack of empirical basis. The present study examines control methods (or conditions) used against 137 victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. A multidimensional scaling analysis (smallest space analysis (SSA-I)) of 23 control methods (and …
Dating Applications
Perpetrators often have easy access to victims via widely used social media networks, such as Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. Nowadays, dating applications have provided one more platform where sextortionists identify potential victims and lure them into extortion and victimization. Limited research and media coverage has revealed that sextortion can cause significant harm, with victims reporting negative psychological consequences, such as de…
No One Believed Me, and I Have No proof
Spiking has become increasingly more prevalent since the 1990s, with drugs \nsuch as Rohypnol, Ketamine and GHB commonly being put unknowingly into \npeople’s drinks in nightclubs. More recently, spiking through the use of \na needle has become more prevalent in the nighttime economy, with this \nand the other more commonly known methods of spiking (drink, food) all \nbeing limited in research. The current mixed-design study aims to explore \nvic…
Conspiratorial Narratives on Facebook and Their Historical Contextual Associations
Conspiracy theories and their effects have greatly proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. As in various countries, so in Cyprus, a mobilization of anti-vaxxers organized mainly through Facebook, violently attacked the largest media group of the island, “Sigma”. Taking into consideration local peculiarities and historical contexts, a qualitative research was conducted on comments posted on Sigma Live's Facebook page, spanning between Au…
Understanding the three levels of resilience
The huge growth in expenditure on counter‐extremism and counter‐terrorism policy post 9/11 (Dawson & Guinnessy, 2002; Lum, Kennedy, & Sherley, 2006; Silke, 2004) has seen buzzwords such as “resilience” integrated without clear framing or the underpinning of empirical evidence. The issue addressed by the current study is twofold: the framing of resilience within policy is not such that it clearly relates to extremism and, the subsequent lack of un…
An empirical framework of control methods of victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation
Although human trafficking for sexual exploitation is a frequently discussed area in current research, especially on the way that human traffickers control their victims, a recurrent problem is the lack of empirical basis. The present study examines control methods (or conditions) used against 137 victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. A multidimensional scaling analysis (smallest space analysis (SSA-I)) of 23 control methods (and …
When sex is more than just sex
Rates of sexual assault remain high in Jamaica, although victims are often reluctant to report incidences to the police. Those cases which are reported by victims are investigated by the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Centre for Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA). Whilst improvements have been noted in recent years, human rights organisations have highlighted on-going limitations of such investigations and the effective interviewing of victim…
Understanding the three levels of resilience
The huge growth in expenditure on counter‐extremism and counter‐terrorism policy post 9/11 (Dawson & Guinnessy, 2002; Lum, Kennedy, & Sherley, 2006; Silke, 2004) has seen buzzwords such as “resilience” integrated without clear framing or the underpinning of empirical evidence. The issue addressed by the current study is twofold: the framing of resilience within policy is not such that it clearly relates to extremism and, the subsequent lack of un…
The role of Hexaco personality traits in different kinds of sexting
The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries
The present study provided empirical evidence that different sexting behaviors were predicted by Dark Triad Personality Traits, showing a relevant role of Machiavellianism in all kinds of investigated sexting behaviors. Research, clinical, and education implications for prevention programs are discussed
Reporting missing children to the police
Releasing missing person appeals is common practice when someone goes missing. Despite the wide-scale usage, the understanding on appeal effectiveness remains under-researched. This article aims to identify the factors that influence the likelihood of members of the public to report a child that has gone missing to the police and requires police assistance. Participant responses ( n = 252) were qualitatively analysed identifying four factors that…
Foreshadowing Terror
Previous research has highlighted the prominent behavior of lone wolf terrorists to produce and share a manifesto publicly, outlining their frustrations and motivations for their eventual terrorist attack. This article aims to explore this phenomenon, focusing on the timelapse between when a terrorist manifesto is posted online and when the eventual attack occurs, discussing the time difference between the two events for 12 cases of lone wolf ter…
Conspiratorial Narratives on Facebook and Their Historical Contextual Associations
Conspiracy theories and their effects have greatly proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. As in various countries, so in Cyprus, a mobilization of anti-vaxxers organized mainly through Facebook, violently attacked the largest media group of the island, “Sigma”. Taking into consideration local peculiarities and historical contexts, a qualitative research was conducted on comments posted on Sigma Live's Facebook page, spanning between Au…
Psychological factors leading to sextortion
Sextortion often begins with a perpetrator contacting a victim through social media platforms, dating websites, or messaging applications. Victims share their explicit content, allowing the perpetrator to gain control by threatening to expose this material unless demands are met. The limited extant literature on this topic highlights a vast demographic of victims and serious consequences following victimisation. Given its interactional nature, th…
Sexual Offending
The Criminal Narrative Experience (CNE) is a framework developed within Invest-igative Psychology, which combines the emotions and narrative roles experienced by the offender during the commission of their offense, to understand their personal experience of crime . Previous research proposes four distinct themes within CNE; The Elated Hero, The Calm Professional, The Distressed Revenger, and The Depressed Victim , however little attention has yet…
Time to Bear Arms
There has been a noticeable rise in the number of mass shootings occurring in the US over the last decade with these attacks often being committed by a lone actor. This article aims to explore this, focusing on the time suspension between when the lone actor acquires their firearm and when they commit their attack. The cases involved all occurred in the US and all perpetrators obtained their firearms legally. The results found that, on average, l…
Dating Applications
Perpetrators often have easy access to victims via widely used social media networks, such as Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. Nowadays, dating applications have provided one more platform where sextortionists identify potential victims and lure them into extortion and victimization. Limited research and media coverage has revealed that sextortion can cause significant harm, with victims reporting negative psychological consequences, such as de…
No One Believed Me, and I Have No proof
Spiking has become increasingly more prevalent since the 1990s, with drugs \nsuch as Rohypnol, Ketamine and GHB commonly being put unknowingly into \npeople’s drinks in nightclubs. More recently, spiking through the use of \na needle has become more prevalent in the nighttime economy, with this \nand the other more commonly known methods of spiking (drink, food) all \nbeing limited in research. The current mixed-design study aims to explore \nvic…
Are social media platforms blurring the lines between coercive control and healthy relationship? A study investigating perceptions of coercive control
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between social media (in particular, TikTok) and perceptions of coercive control. Participants viewed seven TikTok videos which involved coercive control and judged them using quantitative questions and open-ended question. The results showed that a moderate negative correlation was observed, indicating that individuals who approved of the behaviour shown in the video held more permissive at…
Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Homicide
How the Sarah Everard Case has Changed Public Perceptions of Police Officers
News can have profound effects on public perceptions of the police. The public's views of the police following the widespread case of Sarah Everard have yet to be examined, despite it's link to violence against women and girls. This research explored the impact of this case on public perceptions of the police in the period afterwards. An analysis of 107 social media posts uncovered seven themes showing this case caused extreme fear and anxiety. W…
The Romantic Psychopath? Investigating How Psychopathic Traits and Stalking Victimization Apply to the Context of Romantic Relationships
While researchers have previously been interested in investigating and understanding psychopathy, much of this research has focussed on criminal psychopaths, and the area of non-criminal psychopathy has remained largely under-researched, particularly surrounding romantic relationships. The present study explored how the traits of psychopathy impact romantic relationships between a psychopathic individual and a non-psychopathic partner and also ex…
Gen Z Hybristophilia
This research explores hybristophilia (an individual’s sexual interest in and attraction to those who commit crimes) among Generation Z women, particularly through investigating how Gen Z female users interact with and feel about hybristophilic content and how this content impacts their attraction to offenders. Study 1 involved a content analysis of 66 videos and 91 comments on TikTok, identifying seven main themes: The Halo Effect, ActorOffender…
Hybrid leadership and its impact on organisational performance and innovation
This study examines how senior leaders at Bahrain's General Sports Authority (GSA), a public governmental authority operating within Bahrain's state administrative framework, enact hybrid leadership to enhance organisational performance and innovation. Drawing on nine semi-structured interviews with senior GSA executives, the study employs a qualitative, exploratory design and applies Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six-phase thematic analysis to ident…
“It’s Not Certain She Killed Him, but with Her Personality and the Means of Murder, it’s Very Likely”. A Thematic Exploration of Stereotypical Beliefs in Cases of Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner H…
Stereotyping of female perpetrators of intimate partner homicide (IPH) has the potential to influence sentencing severity. To investigate beliefs about female IPH defendants, UK jury-eligible participants (N = 120) aged 18 - 75 read a series of four vignettes detailing hypothetical cases of female-perpetrated IPH and described their beliefs regarding the defendant. Data were analyzed utilizing Reflexive Thematic Analysis, resulting in five themes…
Classifying Incel Offenders
Due to the relatively recent formation of the involuntary celibate (incel) community, there is limited research on the topic of incel-motivated offenses and offenders. The current study was designed to create a model to classify incel offenders, using media and secondary sources. The results of the study created a core region of variables that are central to incel incidents, as well as two themes: Violent Criminal and Disturbed Loner. The finding…
How the Actions of Fictional Characters Influence Copycat Offenders
Copycat offences based on media influences have received arguably little attention within academic literature. As such, a qualitative thematic analysis was conducted to copycat offenders whose offences were inspired by fictional media. Thirty offenders were identified who were responsible for thirty-nine offences overall. The results found that half of the offenders displayed excessive violence during their offences. Additionally, twelve offender…
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