Flynn, Asher; Cama, Elena and Scott, Adrian J.. 2025. Image-based sexual abuse and bystander intervention: A mixed methods study of attitudes, barriers and facilitators. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783031836466 [Book]

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The Pivot explores bystander intervention and image-based sexual abuse. It fills a critical gap in the market on a significant and contemporary legal, social, public health, and criminal justice issue. It is timely in light of a number of recent high-profile instances of image-based sexual abuse perpetration, including those involving the non-consensual digital altering and sharing of sexual imagery – sexualised “deepfakes” created with AI, digital tools or software – of celebrities (e.g. Taylor Swift) and young women. This book draws upon the first mixed methods study of its kind globally and makes a substantial contribution to the conceptualisation of image-based sexual abuse and bystander intervention; an issue that has not yet been explored in detail. Drawing on criminology, gender studies, psychology, and law, it provides new theoretical and practical insights of particular relevance to practitioners, stakeholders, and government and non-government organisations on how bystander intervention can be an untapped prevention resource.

Item Type:	Book
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83647-3
Additional Information:	We wish to acknowledge the funding and support received from the Australian Criminology Research Council to undertake the study (CRG02/18-19).
Keywords:	Sexual images, Victims, Crime prevention, Digital harms, Human rights, Digital violence, Technology and harm, Discrimination, Victim support
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology > Forensic Psychology Unit Psychology
Date:	15 February 2025
Item ID:	38356
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2025 09:35
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2025 09:35
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38356

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