Marta Sousa, Olga Cunha, R. Gonçalves, Andreia de Castro-Rodrigues
{"title":"Intra and Extra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse: The Role of Psychopathy","authors":"Marta Sousa, Olga Cunha, R. Gonçalves, Andreia de Castro-Rodrigues","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09551-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09551-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48071614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noelia Valenzuela-García, Diego J Maldonado-Guzmán, Andrea García-Pérez, Cristina Del-Real
{"title":"Too Lucky to Be a Victim? An Exploratory Study of Online Harassment and Hate Messages Faced by Social Media Influencers.","authors":"Noelia Valenzuela-García, Diego J Maldonado-Guzmán, Andrea García-Pérez, Cristina Del-Real","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09542-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10610-023-09542-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Influencers are persistently exposed through social media. Once almost unapproachable, celebrities are now open to daily interaction with the public. From comments, polls, emails, and even private messages, the public can engage with their celebrities with a mere click. While this engagement provides influencers with advantages, it also renders them particularly susceptible to online harassment and toxic critics. This paper investigates the characteristics, impact, and reactions to cyber victimisation among social media influencers. To accomplish this objective, the paper presents the findings of two studies: a self-reported online victimisation survey conducted among Spanish influencers and an online ethnography. The results indicate that over 70% of influencers have encountered some form of online harassment and toxic critics. Cyber victimisation, its effects, and reactions vary across socio-demographic characteristics and the influencers' profiles. Furthermore, the qualitative analysis of the online ethnography reveals that harassed influencers can be classified as non-ideal victims. The implications of these findings for the literature are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10244864/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9707116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Criminal Selfie: Conveying Grievance While Recording and Live Streaming Antisocial Behavior","authors":"A. Sandhu, D. Trottier","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09548-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09548-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":"29 1","pages":"423 - 436"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48084895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Organised Theft of Medicines: a Study of the Methods for Stealing and Reselling Medicines and Medical Devices in the EU and Beyond.","authors":"Marco Dugato, Cosimo Sidoti","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09546-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10610-023-09546-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The theft of medicines is a significant component of the illicit trade in pharmaceutical products. Besides small-scale thefts committed for personal usage, organised criminal networks are increasingly targeting high-priced medical products, either to reintroduce them into the legal supply chain or sell them on the black market. This crime has considerable implications that extend beyond the value of the stolen goods, including harmful impacts on citizens' health, legitimate companies, and national health systems. However, knowledge on organised theft of medicines remains limited. This paper employs a crime script analysis approach, based on interviews with relevant stakeholders and case studies retrieved across European countries, to examine the most common <i>modi operandi</i> in the organised theft of medicines and medical devices. Potential policy implications are also discussed.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10610-023-09546-w.</p>","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231288/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10092957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Colasanti, Eleonora Ricci, Alessandra Cardinale, F. Amati, C. Mazza, S. Biondi, S. Ferracuti, P. Roma
{"title":"Homicide-Suicide in Italy Between 2009-2018: An Epidemiological Update and Time Series Analysis","authors":"M. Colasanti, Eleonora Ricci, Alessandra Cardinale, F. Amati, C. Mazza, S. Biondi, S. Ferracuti, P. Roma","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09550-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09550-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44878080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobilising Extremism in Times of Change: Analysing the UK's Far-Right Online Content During the Pandemic.","authors":"Jonathan Collins","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09547-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10610-023-09547-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growing dissension towards the political handling of COVID-19, widespread job losses, backlash to extended lockdowns, and hesitancy surrounding the vaccine are propagating toxic far-right discourses in the UK. Moreover, the public is increasingly reliant on different social media platforms, including a growing number of participants on the far-right's fringe online networks, for all pandemic-related news and interactions. Therefore, with the proliferation of harmful far-right narratives and the public's reliance on these platforms for socialising, the pandemic environment is a breeding ground for radical ideologically-based mobilisation and social fragmentation. However, there remains a gap in understanding how these far-right online communities, during the pandemic, utilise societal insecurities to attract candidates, maintain viewership, and form a collective on social media platforms. The article aims to better understand online far-right mobilisation by examining, via a mixed-methodology qualitative content analysis and netnography, UK-centric content, narratives, and key political figures on the fringe platform, Gab. Through the dual-qualitative coding and analyses of 925 trending posts, the research outlines the platform's hate-filled media and the toxic nature of its communications. Moreover, the findings illustrate the far-right's online discursive dynamics, showcasing the dependence on Michael Hogg's uncertainty-identity mechanisms in the community's exploitation of societal insecurity. From these results, I propose a far-right mobilisation model termed <i>Collective Anxiety</i>, which illustrates that toxic communication is the foundation for the community's maintenance and recruitment. These observations set a precedent for hate-filled discourse on the platform and consequently have widespread policy implications that need addressing.</p>","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10227807/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9715463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jesús-C. Aguerri, Mario Santisteban, F. Miró-Llinares
{"title":"The Enemy Hates Best? Toxicity in League of Legends and Its Content Moderation Implications","authors":"Jesús-C. Aguerri, Mario Santisteban, F. Miró-Llinares","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09541-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09541-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":"29 1","pages":"437 - 456"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47129555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ranking Trust Factors Affecting Risk Perception in Illicit Drug Purchase on the Darknet: A Large-Scale Survey Study in Hungary.","authors":"Tibor Kiss, Ákos Szigeti","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09545-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09545-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The process of illicit drug trafficking on darknet markets is highly affected by various trust factors. Although the factors potentially affecting customers' risk perception can be identified based on previous research, cyber criminology has not produced empirical research ranking the importance of the specific factors. This study was designed to fill this gap by developing a tool that measures the importance of the various trust factors. To test out the measurement tool, a large-scale survey with projective situational questions was conducted among university students in Hungary. The sample (<i>n</i> = 5481) was compiled to include potential darknet market customers, respondents with above-average computer skills needed to access the darknet, and taking into account that university students are a group of society particularly exposed to drug consumption. The end product of this research is a trust matrix ranking the factors affecting illicit drug purchases on darknet markets. Among the factors, the survey's target group ranked reliable and undamaged delivery of goods and the reliability of vendors as the most important. The measurement tool developed in this research will facilitate further criminological research on vendor reputation. Its findings also point to the need for further research on delivery providers and predict that influencing the delivery-related risk perception of potential customers could effectively reduce demand.</p>","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10200698/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10092960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In the Name of Love or Hatred: a Systematic Comparison Between Filicide-Suicide and Mariticide/Uxoricide-Suicide in Hong Kong.","authors":"Wai Kiu Leung, Paul Joosse","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09544-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10610-023-09544-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While much of work on homicide-suicide (HS) arises out of the USA and the UK, there is a paucity of research on HS outside of the Anglo-American sphere. This paper investigates HS in Hong Kong (HK), comparing the subtypes of filicide-suicide (FS) and mariticide/uxoricide-suicide (MUS) in that context as a means of testing the generalizability of past studies. Data from the HK Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government and the HK Police Force reports retrieved 156 cases from 2000 to 2019. In that timeframe, HS resulted in 261 deaths, with MUS being the most prevalent type of HS. Male offenders and female victims are more commonly seen. Offenders are generally older than their victims, and over half of offenders are married. FS and MUS display distinct characteristics in terms of offender and victim demographics, relationship dynamics, motives, and mode of killing. Depressed mothers tend to victimize their sons in FS as a means of saving their sons from a perceived miserable future, whereas male offenders aggress upon their female partners in MUS to alleviate their own frustrations, subsequently dying by suicide out of sorrow or a fear of consequence. MUS offenders are more hostile towards their victims and tend to kill with aggressive means, whereas FS offenders are more likely to kill with altruistic motives and with minimal force. These results match patterns of MUS and FS in the Anglo-American sphere, but with some important differences in terms of the use of guns and the presence of altruistic killing.</p>","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10159825/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10092963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Is This a Hate Speech?’ The Difficulty in Combating Radicalisation in Coded Communications on Social media Platforms","authors":"B. Farrand","doi":"10.1007/s10610-023-09543-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09543-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46991,"journal":{"name":"European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45519650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}