Mobile dating applications and sexual and violent offending

Pooley, Kamarah; Boxall, Hayley

doi:10.52922/ti04862

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“…In some cases, this strategy is used to attract attention and potential partners for face-to-face dates. However, when the encounter is consummated between a person who has created a profile that is at odds with their real attributes and another who expected coherence with the profile they interacted with, several possibilities for violence can occur, such as rejection, humiliation, and even verbal and physical assault (Pooley & Boxall, 2020).…”

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Dynamics of Gay Men’s Organized Social Life on Dating Apps

Saraiva

2023

Organ. Soc.

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The forms technology has assumed in contemporaneity are as varied as they are ubiquitous. They have transformed the ways of living in society in a context of increasing mediation of social relations by technology, which seems to complement face-to-face interactions by establishing new social existence modalities. This article aims to discuss the dynamics of social life organized on dating apps around four basic axes: virtuality, sociability, stereotyping, and violence. The study is based on an inductively inspired survey of users of the Grindr app in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The data suggest that virtuality implies superficiality and a disposable attitude to relationships, which lead to a form of ephemeral sociability in which stereotyping is ostensibly employed to accelerate the dynamic by attributing preconceptions to other users. Indeed, these aspects are materialized as varied and systematic violence practices, which are frequent in the context of the investigated application. The main conclusions reveal that organized social life humanizes organizational analysis and advances the concept of organization by humanizing the process and including the ways of organizing practiced by social groups. This includes situating the researcher in a process that implicates them and politicizes knowledge production.

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Dynamics of Gay Men’s Organized Social Life on Dating Apps

Saraiva

2023

Organ. Soc.

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“…The bulk of dating app safety features place the burden of avoiding victimization on the users or potential victims with written safety guidelines (Gillett, 2021;Pooley & Boxall, 2020). Recently, Match © Group announced a partnership with Garbo © , a background checking platform, to develop the capabilities for users to obtain criminal background information on other users for a modest fee (PRNewswire, 2021).…”

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Dating App Facilitated Sexual Assault: A Retrospective Review of Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination Charts

Valentine

Hamblin

Gibbons

2022

J Interpers Violence

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Dating app facilitated sexual assault (DAppSA) is a concerning phenomenon with minimal published research. This retrospective study explored if DAppSAs were different than other sexual assaults (SAs) committed by acquaintances through a review of 3,413 sexual assault medical forensic examination (SAMFE) charts from 2017 to 2020 in a Mountain West state in the United States. Routine Activities Theory and Confluence Model of sexual aggression provided the theoretical framework for the study. Inclusion criteria for DAppSA cases included (1) victim was 14 years of age or older; (2) victim indicated meeting the perpetrator on a dating app; (3) SA occurred at initial in-person meeting; and (4) victim had a SAMFE with SA kit evidence collection. DAppSAs ( n = 274) represented 8.02% of overall cases and 13.92% of acquaintance SAs ( n = 1,968). DAppSA victims had unique characteristics including a higher percentage of male victims (7.5%), college students (22.2%), and victims with self-reported mental illness (MI) (59.6%). Victims were less likely to fight back during the assault with lower percentages of kicking (5.8%) and hitting (9%). DAppSA victims and perpetrators were less likely to use drugs or alcohol before or during the assault. DAppSAs were found to be more violent SAs with increased strangulation (32.4%); assaultive/penetrative acts; and victim injuries, especially anogenital and breast injuries. Unique and troubling differences were found in DAppSA cases than other SAs committed by acquaintances. Due to the increased violent nature of DAppSAs, the researchers propose that sexual predators use dating apps as hunting grounds for vulnerable victims. Recommendations to address dating app safety concerns, influence dating app usage policies, and improve care to survivors are discussed through systems-based and trauma-informed approaches.

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“…From a security and professional standpoint, to remove threat and workplace distractions, a requirement to turn off all location settings (Corriero & Tong, 2016;Pooley & Boxall 2020;Qin et al, 2014;Solis & Wong, 2019;Sumter & Vandenbosch, 2019) on their cell phones while at school and a responsibility to monitor personal devices invites an unprecedented perspective into workplace and social surveillance, vigilantism and revenge porn hiring decisions and potential disciplinary actions in Canadian school districts Technology Agreements While many school districts publicly share their general technology acceptable use policies for technology and subsequent online behaviour for staff and students, Feth (2007) considers the value of using, contextual privacy statements over generic. While educational institutions in Canada may believe surveillance "ensures a safer environment" (Dinev et al, 2006;Nam, 2019, p. 531), Bonatti et al, (2018) notes "Managing privacy and understanding the handling of personal data has turned into a fundamental right at least for Europeans" (p. 1).…”

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“…The wellbeing of staff and students in schools is of the utmost concern and most school surveillance is advertised as being used for these reasons. Administrators strive to ensure students and staff understand surveillance is not meant to be a human rights violation (Fuller, 2019;Perry-Hazan & Birnhack, 2018) and is in place for their protection This cannot be understated in a time of mobile dating apps and social media with smartphones and the use of location based settings that allow others to note the location of a person (Corriero & Tong, 2016;Pooley & Boxall 2020;Qin et al, 2014;Solis & Wong, 2019;Sumter & Vandenbosch, 2019).…”

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Social Surveillance, Vigilantism, and Revenge Porn Hiring Decisions in Canada

Sadownik¹

2022

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<p>This paper is informed by qualitative research for ethics with emerging and disruptive technologies and ethical dilemmas considering potential areas of concern related to the ability or inability of schools to conduct surveillance on teachers, further noting heterosexual male difficulties with sexual identity in teaching as a cause for a lack of representation, speculation and work place harassment (Martino & Berrill, 2007; Martino, 2008; Parr & Gosse, 2011). From a security and professional standpoint and to remove threat and workplace distractions, exists a requirement for teachers to turn off all location settings (Corriero & Tong, 2016; Jung & Park, 2018; Pooley & Boxall 2020; Qin et al., 2014; Solis & Wong, 2019; Sumter & Vandenbosch, 2019) on their cell phones while at school and a responsibility to monitor personal devices inviting an unparalleled perspective into workplace and social surveillance for moral exemplars and generalized ideas about sexual health in schools.</p>

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Mobile dating applications and sexual and violent offending

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Dynamics of Gay Men’s Organized Social Life on Dating Apps

Dynamics of Gay Men’s Organized Social Life on Dating Apps

Dating App Facilitated Sexual Assault: A Retrospective Review of Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination Charts

Social Surveillance, Vigilantism, and Revenge Porn Hiring Decisions in Canada

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