April 2024
Intermediate to advanced
228 pages
8h 45m
English
Violence has historically been understood as a behavior using physical force to harm someone. As such, violent crimes are those crimes in which a perpetrator uses or threatens to use violence against a victim. Murder, rape, robbery, assault, kidnapping, and torture are all types of violent crimes. This chapter will explore the phenomena of cyberviolence. Wall (2001) defines cyberviolence as:
…the violent impact of the cyberactivities of another upon an individual or social grouping. Whilst such activities do not have to have a direct physical manifestation, the victim nevertheless feels the violence of the act and can bear long-term psychological scars as a consequence.
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