RT Article
T1 Digilantism: an analysis of crowdsourcing and the Boston Marathon bombings
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 2
SP 341
OP 361
A1 Nhan, Johnny
A2 Huey, Laura 1966-
A2 Broll, Ryan 1966-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1565554256
AB This paper explores the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing incident and how members of the general public, through the online community Reddit, attempted to provide assistance to law enforcement through conducting their own parallel investigations. As we document through an analysis of user posts, Reddit members shared information about the investigation, searched for information that would identify the perpetrators and, in some cases, drew on their own expert knowledge to uncover clues concerning key aspects of the attack. Although it is the case that the Reddit cyber-sleuths’ did not ultimately solve this case, or provide significant assistance to the police investigation, their actions suggest the potential role the public could play within security networks.
K1 Boston Marathon bombing
K1 Bombing Investigation
K1 Security networks
K1 General public
K1 Bombenanschlag
K1 Ermittlung
DO 10.1093/bjc/azv118