...Saktaganova Akmaral; Kuat Roman; Auyeshova Bagdat; Saktaganova Indira; Muratova Alua; Kevin Beaver Purpose Fraudulent criminal behavior is relatively commonplace and affects millions of victims each year. Even so, many of these crimes are undetected and unreported and thus understanding...

... the seriousness of non-consensual sharing of intimate images (Bates, 2016 ; McGlynn et al., 2017 ; Henry et al., 2019). Sexual images used in these scenarios tended to be produced during relationships and are known as “sexting”. Australia Gender Victims Social-media Perpetrators...

...Helen Forbes-Mewett; Allegra Clare Schermuly Purpose This paper aims to show that international students may become victims and/or perpetrators of crime. This paper uses interview data to examine the social influences contributing to these incidences. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative...

... to victim notification and finally, issues related to the processes SAKI implemented and developed including protocols and policy. This paper deals with the latter. Data for this report includes a brief survey taken by participants at the conclusion of each case review, field notes taken by a participant...

... interviews were conducted with victims of investment fraud supported by the engagement of specialist counsellors and allied health professionals who specialise in scam victim support (including investment fraud). Findings Investment fraud offending in the cases sampled exhibited a number of dominant...

...Michael Skidmore; Janice Goldstraw-White; Martin Gill Purpose Frameworks for understanding victim harm and vulnerability have become central to priority-setting and resource allocation for decision-makers in the police and government in the UK. This paper aims to look at the meaning...

.... Findings The paper highlights the complexities that surround participant’s perspectives of liability when it comes to fraud. Professionals articulated responsibility falling across the spectrum of victims, offenders and third parties. Further, it is evident that perspectives of accountability are largely...

...Cassandra Cross Purpose Fraud is not a new offence. However, the recent evolution and proliferation of technologies (predominantly the internet) has seen offenders increasingly use virtual environments to target and defraud victims worldwide. Several studies have examined the ways that fraud...

... of behaviour associated with hate crime is that of offences against the person (Roberts et al., 2013). The Walters et al. (2016) summarised that most hate crimes are perpetrated without the use of violence, primarily evincing fear, alarm and distress on the victim, in which the majority...

...John Hamel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of gender in intimate partner violence (IPV) and, based upon the author’s experience as an expert witness, 25 years of clinical experience working with IPV perpetrators and victims, and a review of the relevant scholarly...

...@uws.ac.uk 31 01 2017 23 02 2017 23 02 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Justice Policing Victims Police Training/professionalization Child abuse Communities of practice Special units In 2013...

...Elizabeth Spruin; Ria Baker; Ioanna Papadaki; Anke Franz; Emma Alleyne Purpose Support service provisions for domestic abuse victims have typically focussed on the immediate risk and etiological factors associated with abuse. Consequently, there is limited research exploring more persistent...

... of the Crime Survey for England and Wales which defines violence at work on the basis of type of offences (assaults or threats), what the victim was doing at the time of the incident (at work or working), and the relationship between victim and offender (Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2013). Violence...

... rates between studies; girls are more likely to be victims than boys; the onset of abuse is typically school age; abuse in minority groups is under-reported; sibling abuse may be more common than that by fathers; female perpetrated abuse may be under-reported; families where abuse occurs are often...

... of pre-emptive police powers to punish, the criminalisation of an expanding range of disorderly behaviours, and a growing prioritisation of the collective rights of potential victims over the individual rights of alleged offenders [1] . Alcohol-related behavioural problems, prompted in part by the growth...

...Terese Henning Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of major mechanisms instituted in Australia to ameliorate the experience of vulnerability arising as a corollary of involvement in Australian criminal courts as defendants, victims or witnesses of crime or family members...

...Jane L. Wood; Joanna Kubik; Meagan Docherty; Paul Boxer; Bonita Veysey; Michael Ostermann Purpose – Research suggests that gang-involved youth are more likely than non-gang youth to experience victimization. However, very little research has addressed the issue of whether the relationship between...

... will explore the literature in relation to the efficacy of traditional victim empathy modules within accredited interventions as an intervention to reduce recidivism. Specifically, the paper will argue that current methods of victim empathy can pose a risk of increasing risk factors associated with recidivism...

... a substantial increase in research on victims of crime and an increasing pre-occupation with their needs among policy-makers (Walklate, 2007a, b). This has been accompanied by a growing punitive orientation among the public and political elites in many western countries (Garland, 2001 ; Roberts et al...

... shooting events and 104 fatalities from gunshot wounds. For the USA, there were 73 events and 576 victims. Of note is the fact that all cases in Australia pre-dated the implementation of the restrictive 1996 National Firearms Agreement. In the USA, a small decline was evident during the 1994-2004 Federal...