Cyber sextortion: An exploratory analysis of different perpetrators engaging in a similar crime

RL O'Malley, KM Holt - Journal of interpersonal violence, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Sextortion, a portmanteau of “sexual” and “extortion,” is the threat to distribute intimate,
sexual materials unless a victim complies with certain demands. Cyber sextortion is part of a …

The dark web as a platform for crime: An exploration of illicit drug, firearm, CSAM, and cybercrime markets

R Liggett, JR Lee, AL Roddy, MA Wallin - The Palgrave handbook of …, 2020 - Springer
Widespread adoption of the Internet and mobile technologies has allowed for easy access to
a variety of global services. Despite the many legitimate goods and services provided by …

The relationship between sextortion during COVID-19 and pre-pandemic intimate partner violence: A large study of victimization among diverse US men and women

AA Eaton, D Ramjee, JF Saunders - Victims & Offenders, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In a large and diverse sample of US adults, we assessed participants' experience with pre-
COVID in-person intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and with sextortion …

Minor‐focused sextortion by adult strangers: A crime script analysis of newspaper and court cases

RL O'Malley, K Holt, TJ Holt… - Criminology & Public …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sextortion is a form of image‐based sexual abuse in which an offender threatens to
distribute sexually explicit images, videos, or information to gain victim compliance. In some …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological Factors leading to Sextortion: The Role of Personality, Emotional Factors and Sexual Needs in Victimisation.

C Tzani, M Ioannou, R Fletcher, TJV Williams - Computers in Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sextortion often begins with a perpetrator contacting a victim through social media platforms,
dating websites, or messaging applications. Victims share their explicit content, allowing the …

The nature and extent of youth sextortion: Legal implications and directions for future research

JW Patchin, S Hinduja - Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sextortion, the threatened dissemination of explicit, intimate, or embarrassing images of a
sexual nature without consent, is an understudied problem. Despite a recent increase in …

Sextortion Online: Characteristics, challenges, and pathways forward

RL O'Malley - The Routledge International Handbook of Online …, 2025 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter provides an overview on sextortion, an emerging form of image-based sexual
abuse that occurs when an offender threatens to distribute a victim's sexually explicit …

[HTML][HTML] Bibliometric Mapping of Scientific Production and Conceptual Structure of Cyber Sextortion in Cybersecurity

FM Radebe, K Njenga - Social Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study examines cyber sextortion research using a comprehensive bibliometric analysis.
In the field of cybersecurity, cyber sextortion is a form of cybercrime that leverages privacy …

Suicidal Ideation Among Male Victim-Survivors of Financial Sextortion

R Liggett O'Malley, K Smith - Victims & Offenders, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Financial sextortion is a specific form of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) in which an
offender threatens to publicly distribute a victim's intimate images or videos unless the victim …

Seksuelle overgrep mot barn og unge via digitale medier. En kunnskapsoppsummering

LR Frøyland, GM Solstad, PL Andersen, SB Tveito… - 2021 - oda.oslomet.no
Rapporten presenterer en kunnskapsoppsummering om seksuelle overgrep mot barn og
unge via digitale medier. Særlig vektlegger rapporten hva vi vet om de som utsettes for slike …