Digital violence against the women reported to the police during 2019 in Finland

Jarmo Houtsonen, Marianne Mela, Marita Husso, Sonja Tihveräinen, Sisko Piippo, Louna Hakkarainen, Jasmina Haapanen, Anna Knihtilä

Tutkimustuotos: AbstraktiTieteellinen

Abstrakti

The digitalization of the lifestyle and the development of communication technologies have changed the forms and consequences of violence against women. Smartphones, computers, social media services and email are increasingly used as instruments of violence in partner abuse for threatening ad controlling. Women who are vocal on the internet experience systematic harassment, disgracing and threatening. Intimate pictures get spread online without permission, and online discussions are prevailed by sexist and misogynous comments and threats of physical and sexual violence.

Based on crimes reported to the Finnish police in 2019, our presentation describes the main characteristics of digital violence against women. We analyse the number and type of crime as well as the method, instrument and context of crime, the characteristics of the victim and the perpetrator and their relationships, and the decision by the police. The presentation is part of the project DIGNITEAS – Challenges of tackling digital violence against women in police work, criminal procedure, and support services. The project will generate new information that can be used in police degree and in-service training, in the in-service training of prosecutors and in the strategy work of the authorities.
AlkuperäiskieliEnglanti
TilaJulkaistu - 2023
OKM-julkaisutyyppiEi OKM-tyyppiä
Tapahtuma23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology - Italy, Florence, Italia
Kesto: 6 syysk. 20239 syysk. 2023
Konferenssinumero: 23
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Conference

Conference23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology
Maa/AlueItalia
KaupunkiFlorence
Ajanjakso6/09/239/09/23
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