Cybercrime and its victims

Elena Martellozzo is a criminologist and senior lecturer at Middlesex University, UK. She works extensively with children and young people, sex offenders and practitioners. Her research includes exploring children and young people’s online behaviour, the analysis of sexual grooming, online sexual exploitation and police practice in the area of child sexual abuse. Emma A. Jane is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Misogyny online, cyberhate, internet mobs, digital vigilantism ("digilantism"), and non-legislative interventions for technology-related crime are the current foci of her ongoing research into the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies. In 2016, the public benefit of her research into misogyny online was recognised when she was named the Anne Dunn Scholar of the Year.

• Foreword, Majid YarIntroduction: Victims of Cybercrime On the Small ‘I’ Internet, Emma A. Jane and Elena MartellozzoPart I: Conceptual issues1. Victims of Cybercrime: Definitions and Challenges, Nicole A. Vincent2. Theorising Power Online, Chris BrickellPart II: Sexual violence, abuse, and exploitation3. Gendered Cyberhate, Victim-Blaming, And Why the Internet Is More Like Driving a Car On a Road Than Being Naked in The Snow, Emma A. Jane4. Sexting in Context: Understanding Gendered Sexual Media Practices Beyond Inherent ‘Risk’ And ‘Harm’, Amy Shields Dobson5. Victims of Sex Trafficking and Online Sexual Exploitation, Kristine Hickle6. Online Sexual Grooming: Children as Victims of Online Abuse, Elena MartellozzoPart III: Race and culture7. Online Racial Hate Speech, Jamie Cleland8. Malign Images, Malevolent Networks: Social Media, Extremist Violence and Public Anxieties, Ramaswami HarindranathPart IV: Social violence9. Bullying in The Digital Age, Robin M. Kowalski and Gary W. Giumetti10. Internet Suicide and Communities of Affirmation, Ronald NiezenPart V: Conclusions11. Conclusion Beyond Law: Protecting Victims Through Engineering and Design, Nicole A Vincent and Emma A. JaneIndex

"An important collected work that brings together some of the broader, social and criminological perspectives on cybercrime in its broadest sense. A welcome victim centric perspective is prevalent throughout and should provide food for thought for both scholars in the area but also, perhaps more importantly, those who deal with these problems in their professional lives."- Andy Phippen, Professor of Social Responsibility in IT, Plymouth Graduate School of Management & Plymouth Business School, Plymouth University, UK"Cybercrime and its Victims is a welcome, victim-centered addition to the growing literature on cybercrime. Cybercrime is complex to understand, detect, and combat, and is constantly evolving. But what is even harder is protecting those millions of innocent victims who are affected by it, in one form or another. Through this collection, Martellozzo and Jane show how both adults and children are victimised online. Regardless of where they live, at some point of their lives, anyone may be subjected to cyberbullying, online sexual grooming, or online racial discrimination, or they may be targeted as a result of personal information they have shared online. It is our responsibility as researchers and professionals to continue to explore the ever-changing world of cyber space and to ensure the findings have an impact on policy, education and possibly behaviour."- Massimiliano Frassi, CEO, Prometeo, Bergamo, Italy"In Cybercrime and its Victims Elena Martellozzo and Emma Jane bring together a coherent collection of academic contributions that engage head on with the ugly side of human behaviour on the internet. This collection uniquely focuses upon the cybercrime victim and in so doing, extinguishes the romance of technology by exposing the many callous ways in which cybercriminals can use it to exploit their victims."- David S. Wall, Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK