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26 Technology and Interpersonal Violence

Abstract

Interpersonal violence persists across all landscapes, yet research and efforts to prevent and regulate such harms have been focused primarily on non-urban locations. As technology infiltrates all spheres of our lives, it is increasingly used to enact interpersonal violence: this lethal and non-lethal violence occurs in both familial and care settings (including child abuse, intimate partner abuse, elder abuse) and community settings (such as bullying, harassment and assault by acquaintances, strangers or persons who may be known, in social environments, schools and workplaces). To advance our understanding of and responses to these dangers, a spatial approach is key – this means recognizing how rurality shapes victimization and perpetration (see Harris, 2018; DeKeseredy, 2021). Additionally, it requires considering how the spacelessness of technology can be weaponized but can also offer opportunities for rural people to seek assistance and support.

Abstract

Interpersonal violence persists across all landscapes, yet research and efforts to prevent and regulate such harms have been focused primarily on non-urban locations. As technology infiltrates all spheres of our lives, it is increasingly used to enact interpersonal violence: this lethal and non-lethal violence occurs in both familial and care settings (including child abuse, intimate partner abuse, elder abuse) and community settings (such as bullying, harassment and assault by acquaintances, strangers or persons who may be known, in social environments, schools and workplaces). To advance our understanding of and responses to these dangers, a spatial approach is key – this means recognizing how rurality shapes victimization and perpetration (see Harris, 2018; DeKeseredy, 2021). Additionally, it requires considering how the spacelessness of technology can be weaponized but can also offer opportunities for rural people to seek assistance and support.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of Figures ix
  4. About the Editors x
  5. Notes on Contributors xii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Theories of Rural Crime
  8. Introduction to Part I: Theories of Rural Crime 11
  9. Civic Community Theory 13
  10. Classical Theories and Contemporary Legacies 16
  11. Crime and Place 20
  12. Cultural Criminology and Representations of Rural Crime 23
  13. Environmental and Green Criminology 26
  14. Feminist Theory 30
  15. Late Modernity, Surveillance and Securitization 33
  16. Left Realism 37
  17. Male Peer Support Theory 40
  18. Primary Socialization Theory 43
  19. Rational Choice, Routine Activity and Situational Crime Prevention 46
  20. Safety and Security Studies 50
  21. The Anthropocene and Criminological Theory 53
  22. Rural Crime Studies
  23. Introduction to Part II: Rural Crime Studies 59
  24. People and Crime
  25. Abuse against Children, the Elderly and within Families 63
  26. Consumer Fraud 66
  27. Corporate and State Crimes 70
  28. Cybercrime and Cybersecurity 74
  29. Dark Tourism 78
  30. Drugs and Public Health 81
  31. Drug Use and Dependence 84
  32. Genocide 88
  33. Hate Crime 91
  34. Modern Slavery and Cross-border Transportation of People 95
  35. Resource Extraction: Crime Impacts 98
  36. Rogue Farmers 101
  37. Technology and Interpersonal Violence 104
  38. Tourism, Crime and Rurality 108
  39. Violence against Farmers 111
  40. Violence against Women 114
  41. Violent Extremism 118
  42. Property and Other
  43. Acquisitive Farm Crime 125
  44. Animal Rights and Activism 129
  45. Blood Sports 133
  46. Cross-border Livestock Theft 137
  47. Drug Cultivation, Manufacture and Movement 141
  48. Food Crime 145
  49. Heritage Crime 148
  50. Illegal Hunting and Trespass 151
  51. Organized Crime 155
  52. Trophy and Big Game Hunting 158
  53. Water Crimes 162
  54. Wildfires: Causation and Prevention 166
  55. Wildlife Crime, Trafficking and Poaching 170
  56. Rural Criminal Justice Studies
  57. Introduction to Part III: Rural Criminal Justice Studies 177
  58. Law Enforcement
  59. Anti-social Behaviour: Police–Community Relationships 181
  60. Law Enforcement Misconduct 184
  61. Police Discretion and Informal Sanctions 187
  62. Police Engagement with Rural Farming Communities 191
  63. Policing Rural Small Island Developing States 195
  64. Policing the Rural Global South 198
  65. Public Order Policing 201
  66. Reassurance Policing in Rural Communities 205
  67. Rurality, Cultures and Policing 208
  68. Courts and Corrections
  69. Community Corrections 215
  70. Court Reform Challenges in Rural Jurisdictions 218
  71. Desistance from Crime 221
  72. Informal and Decolonized Alternative Criminal Justice 224
  73. Jails and Prisons 228
  74. Judicial Policies and Procedures 231
  75. Populism and Punitiveness 234
  76. Post-release, Rural Re-entry and Recidivism 237
  77. Punishment and Rurality 241
  78. Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence 245
  79. Access to Justice and Responses to Crime
  80. Access to Justice 251
  81. Access to Legal Representation 255
  82. Closure of Law Enforcement Stations 258
  83. Rural Crime Prevention 261
  84. Technology in Rural Criminal Justice Systems 265
  85. Rural Peoples and Groups
  86. Introduction to Part IV: Rural Peoples and Groups 271
  87. Anti-government Groups and Militias 273
  88. Indigenous and First Nation Peoples 276
  89. LGBTIQA+ Identities 280
  90. Lifestyle and Amenity Migration 284
  91. Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs 287
  92. People with Disabilities 290
  93. Rural Enclaves 294
  94. Rural Folk Crime 298
  95. Tropes of Rural Offenders and Victims 301
  96. Working Tourists 305
  97. Youth and Youth Sub-cultures 308
  98. Geographic Status of Rural Criminological Research
  99. Introduction to Part V: Geographic Status of Rural Criminological Research 313
  100. Africa 314
  101. Antarctica 319
  102. Asia 323
  103. Europe 329
  104. Oceania 338
  105. South America 343
  106. Notes 348
  107. Index 349
The Encyclopedia of Rural Crime
This chapter is in the book The Encyclopedia of Rural Crime
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529222036-032

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of Figures ix
  4. About the Editors x
  5. Notes on Contributors xii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Theories of Rural Crime
  8. Introduction to Part I: Theories of Rural Crime 11
  9. Civic Community Theory 13
  10. Classical Theories and Contemporary Legacies 16
  11. Crime and Place 20
  12. Cultural Criminology and Representations of Rural Crime 23
  13. Environmental and Green Criminology 26
  14. Feminist Theory 30
  15. Late Modernity, Surveillance and Securitization 33
  16. Left Realism 37
  17. Male Peer Support Theory 40
  18. Primary Socialization Theory 43
  19. Rational Choice, Routine Activity and Situational Crime Prevention 46
  20. Safety and Security Studies 50
  21. The Anthropocene and Criminological Theory 53
  22. Rural Crime Studies
  23. Introduction to Part II: Rural Crime Studies 59
  24. People and Crime
  25. Abuse against Children, the Elderly and within Families 63
  26. Consumer Fraud 66
  27. Corporate and State Crimes 70
  28. Cybercrime and Cybersecurity 74
  29. Dark Tourism 78
  30. Drugs and Public Health 81
  31. Drug Use and Dependence 84
  32. Genocide 88
  33. Hate Crime 91
  34. Modern Slavery and Cross-border Transportation of People 95
  35. Resource Extraction: Crime Impacts 98
  36. Rogue Farmers 101
  37. Technology and Interpersonal Violence 104
  38. Tourism, Crime and Rurality 108
  39. Violence against Farmers 111
  40. Violence against Women 114
  41. Violent Extremism 118
  42. Property and Other
  43. Acquisitive Farm Crime 125
  44. Animal Rights and Activism 129
  45. Blood Sports 133
  46. Cross-border Livestock Theft 137
  47. Drug Cultivation, Manufacture and Movement 141
  48. Food Crime 145
  49. Heritage Crime 148
  50. Illegal Hunting and Trespass 151
  51. Organized Crime 155
  52. Trophy and Big Game Hunting 158
  53. Water Crimes 162
  54. Wildfires: Causation and Prevention 166
  55. Wildlife Crime, Trafficking and Poaching 170
  56. Rural Criminal Justice Studies
  57. Introduction to Part III: Rural Criminal Justice Studies 177
  58. Law Enforcement
  59. Anti-social Behaviour: Police–Community Relationships 181
  60. Law Enforcement Misconduct 184
  61. Police Discretion and Informal Sanctions 187
  62. Police Engagement with Rural Farming Communities 191
  63. Policing Rural Small Island Developing States 195
  64. Policing the Rural Global South 198
  65. Public Order Policing 201
  66. Reassurance Policing in Rural Communities 205
  67. Rurality, Cultures and Policing 208
  68. Courts and Corrections
  69. Community Corrections 215
  70. Court Reform Challenges in Rural Jurisdictions 218
  71. Desistance from Crime 221
  72. Informal and Decolonized Alternative Criminal Justice 224
  73. Jails and Prisons 228
  74. Judicial Policies and Procedures 231
  75. Populism and Punitiveness 234
  76. Post-release, Rural Re-entry and Recidivism 237
  77. Punishment and Rurality 241
  78. Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence 245
  79. Access to Justice and Responses to Crime
  80. Access to Justice 251
  81. Access to Legal Representation 255
  82. Closure of Law Enforcement Stations 258
  83. Rural Crime Prevention 261
  84. Technology in Rural Criminal Justice Systems 265
  85. Rural Peoples and Groups
  86. Introduction to Part IV: Rural Peoples and Groups 271
  87. Anti-government Groups and Militias 273
  88. Indigenous and First Nation Peoples 276
  89. LGBTIQA+ Identities 280
  90. Lifestyle and Amenity Migration 284
  91. Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs 287
  92. People with Disabilities 290
  93. Rural Enclaves 294
  94. Rural Folk Crime 298
  95. Tropes of Rural Offenders and Victims 301
  96. Working Tourists 305
  97. Youth and Youth Sub-cultures 308
  98. Geographic Status of Rural Criminological Research
  99. Introduction to Part V: Geographic Status of Rural Criminological Research 313
  100. Africa 314
  101. Antarctica 319
  102. Asia 323
  103. Europe 329
  104. Oceania 338
  105. South America 343
  106. Notes 348
  107. Index 349
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