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Mapping cyber-enabled crime: understanding police investigations and prosecutions of cyberstalking

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posted on 2024-11-21, 01:01 authored by B O'Shea, Nicole AsquithNicole Asquith, Jeremy PrichardJeremy Prichard

Stalking is one of the main types of abusive behaviour facilitated by technology. The purpose of the current study was twofold: to identify the challenges of cyberstalking investigations and prosecutions in Australia and determine how best to investigate these types of offences. A qualitative analysis of four years of interviews, focus groups and participant observations with police departments provides an overview of the cyberstalking investigative process. The findings map out the process from the initial report of the incident to the preparation of the prosecution brief. This analysis positions cyberstalking investigations as an interesting case study in the midst of increased scrutiny about the way that police investigate technology-facilitated abuse.

History

Publication title

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Volume

10

Issue

4

Pagination

1-15

ISSN

2202-8005

Department/School

Policing and Emergency Management, Law

Publisher

Queensland University of Technology and Crime and Justice Research Centre

Publication status

  • Published

Place of publication

Brisbane, Australia

Rights statement

© The Author(s) 2022. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Socio-economic Objectives

230404 Law enforcement