Citation

Woodlock D. Violence Against Women 2017; 23(5): 584-602.

Affiliation

Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, Collingwood, Australia dwoodlock@dvrcv.org.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801216646277

PMID

27178564

Abstract

We focus on an emerging trend in the context of domestic violence-the use of technology to facilitate stalking and other forms of abuse. Surveys with 152 domestic violence advocates and 46 victims show that technology-including phones, tablets, computers, and social networking websites-is commonly used in intimate partner stalking. Technology was used to create a sense of the perpetrator's omnipresence, and to isolate, punish, and humiliate domestic violence victims. Perpetrators also threatened to share sexualized content online to humiliate victims. Technology-facilitated stalking needs to be treated as a serious offense, and effective practice, policy, and legal responses must be developed.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en