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Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Definition

The non-consensual creation, taking or distribution of intimate images, a term proposed in the 2010s to replace the misleading label revenge pornography.

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Cyber Victimology
The study of victimisation that occurs through networked computers and digital platforms, including its distinct causes and consequences.
Cyberstalking
A persistent pattern of unwanted online contact, monitoring or threats directed at a specific person, carried out through email, social media, messaging...
Disaster Victimology
The branch of victimology concerned with identifying, supporting and compensating people harmed by natural, industrial or transport disasters.
Mass Victimisation
Harm produced simultaneously in a large number of people by a single cause, such as a disaster, an act of war or...
Secondary Victimisation
Additional harm caused to a victim through the process of reporting and investigation, such as disbelief, insensitive questioning, or retraumatisation. Fear of...

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