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Sexual Violence in a Digital Age

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Powell, Anastasia, Henry, Nicola·2017·Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58047-4
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This book examines how digital communications technologies have transformed modern societies, with profound effects both for everyday life, and for everyday crimes. Sexual violence, which is recognized globally as a significant human rights problem, has likewise changed in the digital age. Through an investigation into our increasingly and ever-normalised digital lives, this study analyses the rise of technology-facilitated sexual assault, 'revenge pornography', online sexual harassment and gender-based hate speech. Drawing on ground-breaking research into the nature and extent of technology-facilitated forms of sexual violence and harassment, the authors explore the reach of these harms, the experiences of victims, the views of service providers and law enforcement bodies, as well as the implications for law, justice and resistance. Sexual Violence in a Digital Age is compelling reading for scholars, activists, and policymakers who seek to understand how technology is implicated in sexual violence, and what needs to be done to address sexual violence in a digital age.

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  • Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) is a growing and pervasive problem in Canada and other nations around the world.

    “Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) is a growing and pervasive problem in Canada and other nations around the world (Bailey, Flynn, and Henry 2021;Dunn 2020;Powell and Henry 2017).”

    From Technology-facilitated sexual violence perpetration as a tool for gender policing in secondary schools (2026) · cites this paper as Powell and Henry 2017

  • Sextortion is both a form of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) and technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV).

    “Sextortion is both a form of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) (Henry et al., 2020) 1 and technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) involving digital technologies in communicating the threat (Powell & Henry, 2017). 2”

    From Sextortion: A Scoping Review (2025) · cites this paper as Powell & Henry, 2017

  • Powell and Henry differentiate four types of online sexual harassment: sexual solicitation; image-based harassment; gender-based hate speech; and rape threats.

    “They differentiate four types of online sexual harassment: 1) sexual solicitation; 2) image-based harassment, 3) gender-based hate speech; and 4) rape threats.”

    From Young people's experiences of image-based sexual harassment and abuse in England and Canada: Toward a feminist framing of technologically facilitated sexual violence (2022) · cites this paper as Powell and Henry, 2017

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Authors
Powell, A., & Henry, N.
Affiliations
RMIT University (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Published
2017
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-58047-4
OpenAlex
W2726492935
Cited by
342
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 43 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 4
FWCI
30.37
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
  • RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
Keywords
sexual violence, revenge porn, online sexual harassment, gender-based hate speech, victim experiences, law enforcement, criminal justice, human rights, online harms

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