Non-consensual Image-based Sexual Offending: Bridging Legal and Psychological Perspectives (Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology)

Fido, Dean; Harper, Craig A.

ISBN 10: 3030592839 / ISBN 13: 9783030592837

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Non-consensual Image-based Sexual Offending: Bridging Legal and Psychological Perspectives (Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030592839
• ISBN 13: 9783030592837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book presents a timely analysis of the psychological influences, underpinnings, and predictors of non-consensual image-based sexual offending (NCIBSO), such as revenge pornography, cyber-flashing, deepfake media production and upskirting. In this rapidly expanding field, this book offers a novel perspective that encompasses both a forensic psychoanalytic analysis of offending behaviours and an examination of the influence of our use of online environments and digital platforms on these behaviours. The authors begin by outlining the historical and legal context before moving on to a critique of previously posited motivating factors. Rather than conceptualising NCIBSO in purely gendered terms, they demonstrate the potential for a psychological framework to facilitate a better understanding of how and why people engage in a range of non-consensual sexual image offences. In doing so it will provide fresh insights for policymakers and clinicians, in addition to scholars from across thefields of psychology, sociology, criminology, law, media and gender studies.

About the Author

Dean Fido is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Derby, UK. He has written and published papers on non-consensual image-based sexual offending specifically, as well as personality traits with the potential to motivate and drive such sexual offending more broadly. 

Craig A. Harper is a senior lecturer in psychology and associate course leader (MSc Forensic Psychology) at Nottingham Trent University and Alumni Fellow of the University of Lincoln, UK. His research focuses on attitudes and responses to sexual offending and related topics. He is a member of the Heterodox Academy - an international organisation that seeks to promote intellectual and viewpoint diversity in higher education contexts.