The Relationship between Sextortion during COVID-19 and Pre-pandemic Intimate Partner Violence: A Large Study of Victimization among Diverse U.S Men and Women
Abstract
In a large and diverse sample of U. S. adults, we assessed participants’ experience with pre-COVID in-person intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and with sextortion victimization during COVID to better understand the relationship between these phenomena. Experiencing sexual IPV pre-COVID increased the likelihood that men and women would experience sextortion during COVID. Men, Black and Native women, LGBTQ individuals, and emerging adults more often experienced sextortion during COVID than other groups. Implications for research on technology-facilitated sexual violence and practice with survivors are explored.
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Prior intimate partner violence predicts subsequent sextortion, particularly during crisis periods such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Prior intimate partner violence predicts subsequent sextortion particularly during crisis periods such as the COVID 19 pandemic when shared images are weaponized to maintain control (Ross et al., 2019; Bates, 2017; Eaton et al., 2023).”
From Constructing Offender Typologies From Judicial Data: A Clustering Analysis of Sextortion Cases (2026) · cites this paper as Eaton et al., 2023
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- Authors
- Eaton, A. A., Ramjee, D., & Saunders, J. F.
- Affiliations
- Florida International University (US)
- American University (US)
- Clark University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Eaton, Asia A.
- Venue
- Victims & Offenders
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2022-01-30
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 338-355
- ISSN
- 1556-4886 (ISSN-L)
- 1556-4991
- OpenAlex
- W4210456299
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 11.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2022-03-04)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Victims & Offenders (publishedVersion)
- Florida International University Digital Commons (Florida International University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (#2035686)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- sextortion, intimate partner violence, COVID-19 pandemic, technology-facilitated sexual violence, sexual victimization, Black women, Native American women, LGBTQ+ people, emerging adults, gender differences, racial and ethnic disparities
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