RT Article
T1 Crossing the Line at Altitude: Passenger Sexual Misconduct in the Skies, 1999-2021
JF Journal of crime and justice
VO 48
IS 3
SP 358
OP 370
A1 Vieraitis, Lynne M.
A2 Skaggs, Sheryl
A2 Doré, Gaetan
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1929300328
AB Over the past decade, a range of news outlets and social media platforms has increasingly featured reports of airline passenger misconduct, particularly those involving verbal and physical assault. Less attention has been paid to passenger sexual misconduct. To improve our understanding of the nature and types of air passenger sexual misconduct cases, we draw on data from 77 incidents reported from 1999 to 2021 to develop a multi-classification scheme of misconduct and examine the precipitating factors as well as related circumstances involved. Our findings demonstrate passenger sexual misconduct takes three forms – sexual assault, sexual deviance, and sexual harassment – and highlight the complexity of circumstances, factors, and types of victims (i.e. passengers, flight attendants, and crew) involved in these reports.
K1 Sexual deviance
K1 Sexual Harassment
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Airline passenger misconduct
DO 10.1080/0735648X.2024.2368150