Library guides
Subject: MultidisciplinaryOnline gender-based violence
New forms of gender-based violence have appeared with the emergence and development of new technologies. This guide presents a selection of resources to help you recognize, prevent and address gender-based cyberviolence.
Types of online harassment
Types of cyberviolence: cyberbullying, online sexual exploitation and other forms of cybercrime.
What is revenge porn and how is it linked to sexual cyberviolence?
Article explaining what sextortion is, the methods used by cybercriminals to carry it out, and what you can do both to prevent it and to take legal action.
Article comparing and contrasting generic harassment and gender trolling.
Research conducted to understand the risks of online sexual behaviour among teenagers.
Article correlating experiences of cyberviolence with different psychopathologies.
GASSÓ, Aina; MUELLER-JOHNSON, Katrin and MONTIEL, Irene. Sexting, online sexual victimization, and psychopathology correlates by sex: depression, anxiety, and global psychopathology. In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [online]. 2020. Vol. 17, num. 3, pag. 1-18. ISSN 1660-4601 [accessed: July 10, 2024]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031018
Article about the characteristics and dynamics of child sextortion.
WOLAK, Janis; FINKELHOR, David; WALSH, Wendy and TREITMAN, Leah. Sextortion of minors: characteristics and dynamics. In: Journal of adolescent health [online]. 2018. Vol. 62, num. 1, pag. 72-79. ISSN 1054-139X [accessed: July 10, 2024]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.08.014
Article measuring and assessing the prevalence of sextortion and revenge porn among teenagers.
GÁMEZ-GUADIX, Manuel; MATEOS-PÉREZ, Estibaliz; WACHS, Sebastian; WRIGHT, Michelle; MARTÍNEZ, Jone and ÍNCERA, Daniel. Assessing image-based sexual abuse: measurement, prevalence, and temporal stability of sextortion and nonconsensual sexting ("revenge porn") among adolescents. In: Journal of Adolescence [online]. 2022. Vol. 94, num. 5, pag. 789-799. ISSN 0140-1971 [accessed: July 10, 2024]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12064
Analysis of the characteristics and differences between cybercriminals engaging in gender-based violence and those carrying out sextortion.
O'MALLEY, Roberta and HOLT, Karen. Cyber sextortion: an exploratory analysis of different perpetrators engaging in a similar crime. In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence [online]. 2022. Vol. 37, num. 1-2, pag. 258-283. ISSN 0886-2605 [accessed: July 10, 2024]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520909186
Librarians responsible for this library guide
Mireia Castillón
Operative subgroup: Law and Political Science resource manager, vocational training, gender perspective Operative group: Library for Learning