Beyond the ‘sext’: Technology-facilitated sexual violence and harassment against adult women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-118

  Henry, Nicola ^a   Powell, Anastasia ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gender based violence; revenge porn; Sexting; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923847713     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: 18379273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004865814524218     Document Type: Article

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