RT Article
T1 Technology facilitated re-victimization: how video evidence of sexual violence contributes to mediated cycles of abuse
JF Crime, media, culture
VO 18
IS 4
SP 597
OP 615
A1 Regehr, Kaitlyn
A2 Birze, Arija
A2 Regehr, Cheryl
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1836331843
AB With the ubiquity of technological devices producing video and audio recordings, violent crimes are increasingly captured digitally and used as evidence in the criminal justice process. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study involving Canadian criminal justice professionals, and asks questions surrounding the treatment of video evidence and the rights of victims captured within such images. We argue that loss of control over personal images and narratives can re-traumatize survivors of sexual violence, creating technologically-facilitated cycles of abuse that are perpetuated each time images are viewed. We find that the justice system has little to no consistent policy or procedure for handling video evidence, or for ameliorating the impact of these digital records on survivors. Subsequently, we assert that the need for a victim-centred evidence-based understanding of mediated evidence has never been greater.
K1 Re-victimization
K1 Sexual Abuse
K1 technology-facilitated sexual violence
K1 the justice system
K1 video evidence
DO 10.1177/17416590211050333