Picking the Goodies When Sleuthing Online

Online activities can serve as tools for criminal opportunities and arenas for victimhood, but they can also function as reality constructions embedded in social control. One example of the latter is online sleuthing, primarily focused on dramatizing and disentangling offline crimes. This article re...

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Main Author: Wästerfors, David 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: International criminal justice review
Year: 2024, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-317
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