Online sextortion: Characteristics of offences from a decade of community reporting

Online sextortion is an organised form of blackmail which can have a serious financial and traumatic impact on its victims. Responding to a dearth of evidence about this crime, this study analyses patterns within a large dataset of over 23,000 anonymous victim reports, collected via an online suppor...

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Main Authors: Matthew Edwards, Nick M. Hollely
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Economic Criminology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791423000386