scholarly journals Internet Facilitated Rape: A Multivariate Model of Offense Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (21-22) ◽  
pp. 4979-5004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Almond ◽  
Michelle Ann McManus ◽  
Hannah Chatterton
Keyword(s):  
Crime Scene ◽  
Multivariate Model ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Space Analysis ◽  
Smallest Space Analysis ◽  
Dominant Theme ◽  
Prior Contact

Recent statistics report a significant increase in individuals reporting they have been raped by a stranger whom they have met through the Internet (Internet facilitated rape [IFR]). Previous literature has primarily focused on child victims; hence, the overriding aim of this study is to further our understanding of IFR in terms of crime scene behavior. One hundred forty-four IFR cases and two comparative samples of age-matched stranger rapists (confidence approach and surprise approach) were coded for 38 crime scene behaviors. Findings suggest that the platforms IFR offenders use to meet their victims were not suggestive of the behavior they were likely to display. In terms of specific offense behaviors, the IFR and confidence approach rapists were considerably similar and both samples were comparatively different from the surprise approach rapists. Thus, this may indicate that the method of approach used by a stranger rapist has a significant effect on the subsequent rape crime scene behavior displayed regardless of any prior contact. A smallest space analysis of the IFR sample revealed three distinct themes of behavior, criminal sophistication, interpersonal involvement, and violence with 71% of offenders displaying one dominant theme. The practical and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Exploration of Crime Scene Characteristics in Cyber-Related Homicides

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-68
Author(s):  
F. Jeane Gerard ◽  
Norair Khachatryan ◽  
Bethany Browning
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Event Data ◽  
Space Analysis ◽  
Smallest Space Analysis

Despite the alarming nature of homicides in which the offender meets the victim online, or cyber-initiated homicides, little empirical attention has been devoted to this phenomenon. The present study was designed to explore the behavioral patterns found prior to and during a cyber-initiated homicide event. Data on 61 homicide cases from various countries were collected through news media and legal sources. Smallest space analysis revealed that cyber homicides were characterized by four distinct themes: excessive violence, fatal escalation, crime-related incidents, and predatory behavior. Implications of the findings and avenues for future research are discussed.

The Effect of the Internet Use on Customer Relations and Targeting Activities

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyad Eid ◽  
Yasser El-Kassrawy
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Customer Relations ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Marketing Performance ◽  
Marketing Efficiency ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Use Of The Internet

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of the Internet use on customer relations and targeting activities. Based on the previous literature, the effect of the Internet on marketing activities has been categorised into four basic dimensions, 1) marketing and customer relations activities, 2) marketing targeting activities, 3) marketing performance, and 4) marketing efficiency. However, few empirical studies have been done regarding customer relations and targeting activities that are affected by the use of the Internet, and the effect of that on marketing efficiency. By studying the practice of 123 UK companies, it has been found that the use of the Internet positively influences customer relations and targeting activities, marketing performance and marketing efficiency.

scholarly journals Sexual Sadism: Its Role in the Crime-Commission Process of Sexual Homicide of Children

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052091684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Chopin ◽  
Eric Beauregard
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
International Database ◽  
Sexual Sadism ◽  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Crime Commission ◽  
Practical Implications

This study investigates the role of sexual sadism in the crime-commission process of sexual homicide (SH) involving child victims. A comparison between sadistic and nonsadistic cases involving child victims is conducted by examining the crime context, crime characteristics, methods of killing, body recovery characteristics, and forensic awareness strategies used by offenders. The sample comes from the Sexual Homicide International Database (SHIelD) including 135 cases of solved SHs involving child victims—35 cases with sexual sadism and 101 cases without sexual sadism. The Sexual Homicide Crime Scene Rating Scale for Sexual Sadism (SADSEX-SH) scale is used to identify sexual sadism from crime scene actions. Bivariate and multivariate analysis are performed to examine the differences between the two groups. Findings indicate that sadistic SH of children are characterized by an important level of structured premeditation, the commission of more diversified sexual acts, the use of specific method of killing, and the partial use of forensic awareness strategies. Practical implications in terms of criminal investigations are discussed.

Applying Theories of Aging to Evaluation of Social Programs for the Elderly

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-280
Author(s):  
Howard Litwin
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Community Centers ◽  
Space Analysis ◽  
Smallest Space Analysis ◽  
Theories Of Aging ◽  
Ease Of Access

This article delineates the development of a methodology for evaluating social programs for the elderly in 60 community centers in Israel. Two theories of aging were applied to the results of a smallest space analysis, and eight potential program types were identified. Centers were found to function primarily in an activity perspective on aging. Expansion of service to include a disengagement view was positively correlated with ease of access to the facility and program longevity.

scholarly journals "All against pedophilia": ethnographic notes about a contemporary moral crusade

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lowenkron
Keyword(s):  
Child Pornography ◽  
Police Department ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Sexual Perversion ◽  
Police Investigations ◽  
Victims Of Violence

Based on an ethnographic fieldwork carried out within the Brazilian Senate's inquiry committee on Pedophilia and in the Federal Police Department, the aim of this paper is to analyze the strategies and the effects of the conceptualization and the combat of the phenomenon of sexual violence against children as "pedophilia" and with focus on child pornography on the internet. The text consists of a historical approach to the emergence of the problem, an analysis of the political strategies of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Pedophilia and an ethnographic description of the police investigations into child pornography on the internet. The hypothesis is that this "anti-pedophilia crusade" pivoting on the threats of a sexual perversion, is not as effective in the protection of the real child victims of violence as it is in the defense of an ideally innocent childhood.

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