scholarly journals The Protection from Harassment Act 1997: Failures by the Criminal Justice System in a Social Media Age

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-228
Author(s):  
Laura Bliss
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cyber Harassment ◽  
Online Abuse ◽  
Use Of The Internet

This article will critically examine how the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is currently being used to tackle online abuse. The use of the Internet to abuse another is on the increase, with the police receiving increasing reports concerning abuse conducted online. This article will examine the failures by the criminal justice system to adequately apply the Protection from Harassment Act in a technology-based world. It will be put forward that changes are needed within the criminal justice system in order to better protect victims of cyber harassment and cyberstalking.

Digital Degradation

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-136
Author(s):  
Sarah Esther Lageson
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Technological Systems ◽  
Big Data Technologies ◽  
The Government

Interviews with more than 100 people whose records appear online show how the ability to manage digital punishment is directly tied to a person’s familiarity with technological systems and their faith in bureaucracy. Instead of confronting the government or the criminal justice system, many people engage in digital avoidance, afraid that any attempts will only make the problem worse. This intersection between the criminal justice system and technology reproduces social inequality at the speed of the internet, disproportionately impacting people who have less access to and command over digital technologies. This chapter discusses the qualities of digital punishment, the strategies people who are experiencing digital punishment deploy to deal with their online stigma, and an explanation for why many people choose to engage in digital avoidance rather than try to have their online record removed. Rooted in theories of the digital divide and the disparate impact of big data technologies, the chapter concludes with a discussion of how digital punishment challenges long-held theories of criminal stigma, desistance, and rehabilitation.

Exposure to Community-Based Violence on Social Media among Black Male Emerging Adults Involved with the Criminal Justice System

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert O Motley ◽  
Yu-Chih Chen ◽  
Carnayla Johnson ◽  
Sean Joe
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Police Violence

Abstract The prevalence of community-based violence (CBV) exposure among black American male emerging adults ages 18 to 25 with a history of involvement with the criminal justice system is a major public health concern. Although exposure (whether as victim or witness) to CBV is linked with negative outcomes, empirical research examining black men’s negative emotional responses to seeing videos of real-life incidents of CBV on social media is scant. To address these identified concerns and make recommendations for future research, the present study examines the relationship between seeing videos of CBV on social media and three types of negative emotional responses (that is, feeling sad, angry, and fearful) prior to incarceration among a sample of 101 black men detained in a midwestern jail. Social media use and seeing videos of CBV on social media were moderately high for study participants. Seeing a video involving police violence was significantly associated with an increase in the odds of feeling sad, angry, and fearful. Social media research is an emerging area that has the potential to advance our understanding of the impact of seeing social media videos of police violence on the well-being of black men and factors that mediate or moderate this relationship.

Prevention and responses

Islamophobia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Zempi ◽  
Imran Awan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
System P ◽  
User Friendly

This chapter offers recommendations for preventing and responding to online and offline Islamophobia, based on the views and suggestions of the participants. Recommendations included better media training in order to report stories about Muslims and Islam fairly; witnesses intervening (where possible and safe) to protect, assist victims of Islamophobia and inform the police; more information in the form of workshops, advertisements, posters, flyers, reports promoted in mosques, community centres, businesses, shops, cafes and schools; social media companies making their systems of reporting hate crime more user friendly; diversity in the criminal justice system.

“Objection, Your Honor”: Use of Social Media by Civilians to Challenge the Criminal Justice System

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azi Lev-On ◽  
Nili Steinfeld
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Skewed Distribution ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media constitute useful and effective platforms for miscarriage of justice campaigners to challenge state authorities and decisions taken by the criminal justice system. To characterize such endeavors, this study analyzes the activity in such a major group dedicated to the murder case of Tair Rada and the trial of Roman Zadorov, one of the most controversial legal cases in Israel’s history. Using digital data extraction and linguistic analysis tools, we focus on five themes: (1) the central role of group administrators in directing the discourse and setting the group agenda; (2) correspondence of group activity with off-line events and mainstream media coverage; (3) skewed distribution of post publications per user and engagement measures per post; (4) prominent topics in group discussions, revolving around key figures, institutions and officials, making justice, considering alternative theories and examining investigative and forensic materials; and (5) the framing of key figures, institutions, and values in portraying a somewhat dichotomous image of a corrupted justice system, an innocent man wrongly convicted and a Facebook group in the search for the truth.

scholarly journals Narrative Construction of Sexual Violence and Rape Online

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Narrative Construction ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Creation

The increased active participation of individuals in the creation of sexual violence narratives online, as opposed to the previously passive consumption of news stories offline, could prove problematic in ensuring justice is served. Social media allows for circumvention of the criminal justice system in response to its perceived inadequacies. With the 24-hour news cycle, the ease with which media consumers can interact with the story as it breaks online, and the manner in which social media has been used by laypersons and secondary bystanders to target victims or perpetrators before a case ever makes it to court, raises questions about how narrative construction online possibly influences people’s beliefs and understandings about sexual violence and the effect this may have for the justice system.  

Crime and IT: Hacking and Pornography on the Internet

1997 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-147 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Computer Crime ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Criminal Behaviour

Paul Sparrow and Mark Griffiths of the Department of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, suggest that computer crime is set to become an increasingly significant feature of the criminal justice system, requiring probation practitioners to acquire new insights into unfamiliar patterns of criminal behaviour.

scholarly journals Child Delinquency on the Internet

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.30) ◽  
pp. 320
Author(s):  
Hendun Abd Rahman Shah ◽  
Syahirah Abdul Shukor ◽  
Norfadhilah Mohamad Ali ◽  
Abidah Abdul Ghafar ◽  
Nisar Mohammad Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
The Government ◽  
Children’S Exposure

Recent reported cases and news on children and the Internet reflect the vulnerability of children when they are online, especially with in using the new medium of social networking websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The criminal justice system faces the dilemma when children break the law, as children are considered as minors who are not legally responsible for their actions. In most cases, the society tend to focus on protecting children from neglect, abuse or harms but often overlooked of protecting children who are involved in harming or causing injury to other people or cause damage to property. It is equally important to address the growing concern on children’s exposure to usage of the Internet. Thus, the question such as, can the child’s wrongs on the Internet be considered as a delinquent act, namely possible wrongful acts conducted by children that would otherwise be an offence if committed by an adult, is explored. The legal status and minimum age of criminal responsibility in Malaysia are also examined. In addition, the Shariah views will be discussed briefly. Then, the paper explores the problems and challenges face by children in using social media websites. Finally, the paper suggests that the government and the community in particular parents and teachers have vital roles to play in ensuring that the policies and rules provide mechanism not only to protect children but also to empower them as a citizen of the country. This may be done by advocating legal awareness and educating the children to be more responsible in their acts online and uphold respect in law, ethics and morality.   

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