Empirical and anecdotal evidence indicates that cyberharassment is more prevalent as the use of social media becomes increasingly widespread, making geography and physical proximity irrelevant. Cyberharassment can take different forms (e.g., cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cybertrolling), and be motivated by the objectives of inflicting distress, exercising control, impersonation, and defamation. Little is currently known about the modus operandi of offenders and their psychological characteristics. Investigation of these behaviours is particularly challenging because it involves digital evidence distributed across the devices of both alleged offenders and victims, as well as online service providers, sometimes over an extended period of time. This special issue aims to improve understanding of cyberharassment from a multidisciplinary perspective in order to further develop theoretical knowledge and investigative practice

Bryce, Joanne

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L. and Marrington, Andrew  (2016) Special Issue onCyberharassment Investigation: Advances and Trends.   Journal of Digital Forensics, Securityand Law, 11 .   pp. 5-6.DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1416Link to record in KARhttps://kar.kent.ac.uk/77183/Document VersionPublisher pdfJournal of Digital Forensics,Security and LawVolume 11 | Number 3 Article 49-30-2016Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation:Advances and TrendsJoanne BryceUniversity of Central Lancashire, UKVirginia N. L. FranqueiraUniversity of Derby, UKAndrew MarringtonZayed University, UAEFollow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfslPart of the Computer Engineering Commons, Computer Law Commons, Electrical andComputer Engineering Commons, Forensic Science and Technology Commons, and theInformation Security CommonsThis Editorial is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals atScholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of DigitalForensics, Security and Law by an authorized administrator of ScholarlyCommons. For more information, please contact commons@erau.edu,wolfe309@erau.edu.(c)ADFSLRecommended CitationBryce, Joanne; Franqueira, Virginia N. L.; and Marrington, Andrew (2016) "Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation:Advances and Trends," Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 11 : No. 3 , Article 4.DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1416Available at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol11/iss3/4From the Special Issue Editors JDFSL V11N3 © 2016 ADFSL   Page 5 FROM THE SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS SPECIAL ISSUE ON CYBERHARASSMENT INVESTIGATION: ADVANCES AND TRENDS  Empirical and anecdotal evidence indicates that cyberharassment is more prevalent as the use of social media becomes increasingly widespread, making geography and physical proximity irrelevant. Cyberharassment can take different forms (e.g., cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cybertrolling), and be motivated by the objectives of inflicting distress, exercising control, impersonation, and defamation. Little is currently known about the modus operandi of offenders and their psychological characteristics. Investigation of these behaviours is particularly challenging because it involves digital evidence distributed across the devices of both alleged offenders and victims, as well as online service providers, sometimes over an extended period of time. This special issue aims to improve understanding of cyberharassment from a multidisciplinary perspective in order to further develop theoretical knowledge and investigative practice.  The article “Differentiating Cyberbullies and Internet Trolls by Personality Characteristics and Self-Esteem”, by Zezulka and Seigfried-Spellar, examines the differences and similarities of two types of cyberharassment (cyberbullying and cybertrolling). Their research identified differential patterns of personality traits between individuals who engaged in the two examined behaviours. This indicates the importance of further research identifying individuals at risk for engaging in electronic harassment, and the need to develop appropriate interventions which address underlying psychosocial problems.   The second paper, “The Impact of Low Self-control on Online Harassment: Interaction with Opportunity” by Baek et al., also addresses cyberharassment from a psychological perspective. It found that low self-control, opportunity, and gender have a significant influence on online harassment. The authors argue that identifying the characteristics of offenders can assist investigators to more effectively triage targets and enable more efficient use of associated resources, particularly when combined with computationally enabled forensic tools. Automation is the focus of the third paper, “Toward Online Linguistic Surveillance of Threatening Messages” by Spitzberg and Gawron. This paper provides an examination of text analysis approaches useful to automate threat identification, assessment and possible interventions based on written communication. Such developments are beneficial for detection, prevention and investigation of cyberharassment and the associated risk of violent and criminal actions. It highlights the importance of automation in assisting law enforcement and intelligence agencies to cope with the increasingly overwhelming volume of written communication posted online.  The final article, “A Legal Examination of Revenge Pornography and Cyber-harassment” by Lonardo et al., explores legal and evidential perspectives on revenge pornography, a popular instrument of cyberharassment usually adopted by formerly intimate ex-partners. Using a case study, the authors discuss the identification, collection and preservation of digital evidence which JDFSL V11N3 From the Special Issue Editors Page 6    © 2016 ADFSL is typically relevant to building a legal case to prosecute offenders or defend victims of online revenge pornography.  These papers indicate the different areas of empirical and theoretical research currently being undertaken in the area of cyberharassment. They demonstrate the utility of combining research methods and disciplinary perspectives in order to further develop understanding of offending and victimisation, as well as the associated challenges in obtaining and interpreting associated digital evidence. Although a relatively under-developed research area, the papers included in this special edition highlight the importance of evidence-based approaches to preventing and responding to this category of cybercrime.  Sincerely,  Joanne Bryce School of Psychology University of Central Lancashire, UK Virginia N. L. Franqueira College of Engineering and Technology University of Derby, UK Andrew Marrington College of Technological Innovation Zayed University, UAE  

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Journal of Digital Forensics,Security and LawVolume 11 | Number 3 Article 412-31-2016Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation:Advances and TrendsJoanne BryceUniversity of Central Lancashire, UKVirginia N. L. FranqueiraUniversity of Derby, UKAndrew MarringtonZayed University, UAEFollow this and additional works at: http://commons.erau.edu/jdfslPart of the Computer Law Commons, and the Information Security CommonsThis Editorial is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals atScholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of DigitalForensics, Security and Law by an authorized administrator of ScholarlyCommons. For more information, please contact commons@erau.edu.Recommended CitationBryce, Joanne; Franqueira, Virginia N. L.; and Marrington, Andrew (2016) "Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation:Advances and Trends," Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 11 : No. 3 , Article 4.DOI: http://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1416Available at: http://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol11/iss3/4From the Special Issue Editors JDFSL V11N3 © 2016 ADFSL   Page 5 FROM THE SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS SPECIAL ISSUE ON CYBERHARASSMENT INVESTIGATION: ADVANCES AND TRENDS  Empirical and anecdotal evidence indicates that cyberharassment is more prevalent as the use of social media becomes increasingly widespread, making geography and physical proximity irrelevant. Cyberharassment can take different forms (e.g., cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cybertrolling), and be motivated by the objectives of inflicting distress, exercising control, impersonation, and defamation. Little is currently known about the modus operandi of offenders and their psychological characteristics. Investigation of these behaviours is particularly challenging because it involves digital evidence distributed across the devices of both alleged offenders and victims, as well as online service providers, sometimes over an extended period of time. This special issue aims to improve understanding of cyberharassment from a multidisciplinary perspective in order to further develop theoretical knowledge and investigative practice.  The article “Differentiating Cyberbullies and Internet Trolls by Personality Characteristics and Self-Esteem”, by Zezulka and Seigfried-Spellar, examines the differences and similarities of two types of cyberharassment (cyberbullying and cybertrolling). Their research identified differential patterns of personality traits between individuals who engaged in the two examined behaviours. This indicates the importance of further research identifying individuals at risk for engaging in electronic harassment, and the need to develop appropriate interventions which address underlying psychosocial problems.   The second paper, “The Impact of Low Self-control on Online Harassment: Interaction with Opportunity” by Baek et al., also addresses cyberharassment from a psychological perspective. It found that low self-control, opportunity, and gender have a significant influence on online harassment. The authors argue that identifying the characteristics of offenders can assist investigators to more effectively triage targets and enable more efficient use of associated resources, particularly when combined with computationally enabled forensic tools. Automation is the focus of the third paper, “Toward Online Linguistic Surveillance of Threatening Messages” by Spitzberg and Gawron. This paper provides an examination of text analysis approaches useful to automate threat identification, assessment and possible interventions based on written communication. Such developments are beneficial for detection, prevention and investigation of cyberharassment and the associated risk of violent and criminal actions. It highlights the importance of automation in assisting law enforcement and intelligence agencies to cope with the increasingly overwhelming volume of written communication posted online.  The final article, “A Legal Examination of Revenge Pornography and Cyber-harassment” by Lonardo et al., explores legal and evidential perspectives on revenge pornography, a popular instrument of cyberharassment usually adopted by formerly intimate ex-partners. Using a case study, the authors discuss the identification, collection and preservation of digital evidence which JDFSL V11N3 From the Special Issue Editors Page 6    © 2016 ADFSL is typically relevant to building a legal case to prosecute offenders or defend victims of online revenge pornography.  These papers indicate the different areas of empirical and theoretical research currently being undertaken in the area of cyberharassment. They demonstrate the utility of combining research methods and disciplinary perspectives in order to further develop understanding of offending and victimisation, as well as the associated challenges in obtaining and interpreting associated digital evidence. Although a relatively under-developed research area, the papers included in this special edition highlight the importance of evidence-based approaches to preventing and responding to this category of cybercrime.  Sincerely,  Joanne Bryce School of Psychology University of Central Lancashire, UK Virginia N. L. Franqueira College of Engineering and Technology University of Derby, UK Andrew Marrington College of Technological Innovation Zayed University, UAE  

Special issue on cyberharassment investigation: Advances and trends

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Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law Volume 11 Number 3 Article 4 9-30-2016 Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation: Advances and Trends Joanne Bryce University of Central Lancashire, UK Virginia N. L. Franqueira University of Derby, UK Andrew Marrington Zayed University, UAE Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl  Part of the Computer Engineering Commons, Computer Law Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Forensic Science and Technology Commons, and the Information Security Commons Recommended Citation Bryce, Joanne; Franqueira, Virginia N. L.; and Marrington, Andrew (2016) "Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation: Advances and Trends," Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 11 : No. 3 , Article 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1416 Available at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol11/iss3/4 This Editorial is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact commons@erau.edu. (c)ADFSL From the Special Issue Editors JDFSL V11N3 © 2016 ADFSL   Page 5 FROM THE SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS SPECIAL ISSUE ON CYBERHARASSMENT INVESTIGATION: ADVANCES AND TRENDS  Empirical and anecdotal evidence indicates that cyberharassment is more prevalent as the use of social media becomes increasingly widespread, making geography and physical proximity irrelevant. Cyberharassment can take different forms (e.g., cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cybertrolling), and be motivated by the objectives of inflicting distress, exercising control, impersonation, and defamation. Little is currently known about the modus operandi of offenders and their psychological characteristics. Investigation of these behaviours is particularly challenging because it involves digital evidence distributed across the devices of both alleged offenders and victims, as well as online service providers, sometimes over an extended period of time. This special issue aims to improve understanding of cyberharassment from a multidisciplinary perspective in order to further develop theoretical knowledge and investigative practice.  The article “Differentiating Cyberbullies and Internet Trolls by Personality Characteristics and Self-Esteem”, by Zezulka and Seigfried-Spellar, examines the differences and similarities of two types of cyberharassment (cyberbullying and cybertrolling). Their research identified differential patterns of personality traits between individuals who engaged in the two examined behaviours. This indicates the importance of further research identifying individuals at risk for engaging in electronic harassment, and the need to develop appropriate interventions which address underlying psychosocial problems.   The second paper, “The Impact of Low Self-control on Online Harassment: Interaction with Opportunity” by Baek et al., also addresses cyberharassment from a psychological perspective. It found that low self-control, opportunity, and gender have a significant influence on online harassment. The authors argue that identifying the characteristics of offenders can assist investigators to more effectively triage targets and enable more efficient use of associated resources, particularly when combined with computationally enabled forensic tools. Automation is the focus of the third paper, “Toward Online Linguistic Surveillance of Threatening Messages” by Spitzberg and Gawron. This paper provides an examination of text analysis approaches useful to automate threat identification, assessment and possible interventions based on written communication. Such developments are beneficial for detection, prevention and investigation of cyberharassment and the associated risk of violent and criminal actions. It highlights the importance of automation in assisting law enforcement and intelligence agencies to cope with the increasingly overwhelming volume of written communication posted online.  The final article, “A Legal Examination of Revenge Pornography and Cyber-harassment” by Lonardo et al., explores legal and evidential perspectives on revenge pornography, a popular instrument of cyberharassment usually adopted by formerly intimate ex-partners. Using a case study, the authors discuss the identification, collection and preservation of digital evidence which JDFSL V11N3 From the Special Issue Editors Page 6    © 2016 ADFSL is typically relevant to building a legal case to prosecute offenders or defend victims of online revenge pornography.  These papers indicate the different areas of empirical and theoretical research currently being undertaken in the area of cyberharassment. They demonstrate the utility of combining research methods and disciplinary perspectives in order to further develop understanding of offending and victimisation, as well as the associated challenges in obtaining and interpreting associated digital evidence. Although a relatively under-developed research area, the papers included in this special edition highlight the importance of evidence-based approaches to preventing and responding to this category of cybercrime.  Sincerely,  Joanne Bryce School of Psychology University of Central Lancashire, UK Virginia N. L. Franqueira College of Engineering and Technology University of Derby, UK Andrew Marrington College of Technological Innovation Zayed University, UAE  

Kent Academic RepositoryFull text document (pdf)Copyright & reuseContent in the Kent Academic Repository is made available for research purposes. Unless otherwise stated allcontent is protected by copyright and in the absence of an open licence (eg Creative Commons), permissions for further reuse of content should be sought from the publisher, author or other copyright holder. Versions of researchThe version in the Kent Academic Repository may differ from the final published version. Users are advised to check http://kar.kent.ac.uk for the status of the paper. Users should always cite the published version of record.EnquiriesFor any further enquiries regarding the licence status of this document, please contact: researchsupport@kent.ac.ukIf you believe this document infringes copyright then please contact the KAR admin team with the take-down information provided at http://kar.kent.ac.uk/contact.htmlCitation for published versionBryce, Joanne and Franqueira, Virginia N. L. and Marrington, Andrew  (2016) Special Issue onCyberharassment Investigation: Advances and Trends.   Journal of Digital Forensics, Securityand Law, 11  (3).   Article 4.  ISSN 1558-7215.DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1416Link to record in KARhttps://kar.kent.ac.uk/79543/Document VersionPublisher pdfJournal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law Volume 11 Number 3 Article 4 9-30-2016 Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation: Advances and Trends Joanne Bryce University of Central Lancashire, UK Virginia N. L. Franqueira University of Derby, UK Andrew Marrington Zayed University, UAE Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl  Part of the Computer Engineering Commons, Computer Law Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Forensic Science and Technology Commons, and the Information Security Commons Recommended Citation Bryce, Joanne; Franqueira, Virginia N. L.; and Marrington, Andrew (2016) "Special Issue on Cyberharassment Investigation: Advances and Trends," Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 11 : No. 3 , Article 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1416 Available at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol11/iss3/4 This Editorial is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact commons@erau.edu. (c)ADFSL From the Special Issue Editors JDFSL V11N3 © 2016 ADFSL   Page 5 FROM THE SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS SPECIAL ISSUE ON CYBERHARASSMENT INVESTIGATION: ADVANCES AND TRENDS  Empirical and anecdotal evidence indicates that cyberharassment is more prevalent as the use of social media becomes increasingly widespread, making geography and physical proximity irrelevant. Cyberharassment can take different forms (e.g., cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cybertrolling), and be motivated by the objectives of inflicting distress, exercising control, impersonation, and defamation. Little is currently known about the modus operandi of offenders and their psychological characteristics. Investigation of these behaviours is particularly challenging because it involves digital evidence distributed across the devices of both alleged offenders and victims, as well as online service providers, sometimes over an extended period of time. This special issue aims to improve understanding of cyberharassment from a multidisciplinary perspective in order to further develop theoretical knowledge and investigative practice.  The article “Differentiating Cyberbullies and Internet Trolls by Personality Characteristics and Self-Esteem”, by Zezulka and Seigfried-Spellar, examines the differences and similarities of two types of cyberharassment (cyberbullying and cybertrolling). Their research identified differential patterns of personality traits between individuals who engaged in the two examined behaviours. This indicates the importance of further research identifying individuals at risk for engaging in electronic harassment, and the need to develop appropriate interventions which address underlying psychosocial problems.   The second paper, “The Impact of Low Self-control on Online Harassment: Interaction with Opportunity” by Baek et al., also addresses cyberharassment from a psychological perspective. It found that low self-control, opportunity, and gender have a significant influence on online harassment. The authors argue that identifying the characteristics of offenders can assist investigators to more effectively triage targets and enable more efficient use of associated resources, particularly when combined with computationally enabled forensic tools. Automation is the focus of the third paper, “Toward Online Linguistic Surveillance of Threatening Messages” by Spitzberg and Gawron. This paper provides an examination of text analysis approaches useful to automate threat identification, assessment and possible interventions based on written communication. Such developments are beneficial for detection, prevention and investigation of cyberharassment and the associated risk of violent and criminal actions. It highlights the importance of automation in assisting law enforcement and intelligence agencies to cope with the increasingly overwhelming volume of written communication posted online.  The final article, “A Legal Examination of Revenge Pornography and Cyber-harassment” by Lonardo et al., explores legal and evidential perspectives on revenge pornography, a popular instrument of cyberharassment usually adopted by formerly intimate ex-partners. Using a case study, the authors discuss the identification, collection and preservation of digital evidence which JDFSL V11N3 From the Special Issue Editors Page 6    © 2016 ADFSL is typically relevant to building a legal case to prosecute offenders or defend victims of online revenge pornography.  These papers indicate the different areas of empirical and theoretical research currently being undertaken in the area of cyberharassment. They demonstrate the utility of combining research methods and disciplinary perspectives in order to further develop understanding of offending and victimisation, as well as the associated challenges in obtaining and interpreting associated digital evidence. Although a relatively under-developed research area, the papers included in this special edition highlight the importance of evidence-based approaches to preventing and responding to this category of cybercrime.  Sincerely,  Joanne Bryce School of Psychology University of Central Lancashire, UK Virginia N. L. Franqueira College of Engineering and Technology University of Derby, UK Andrew Marrington College of Technological Innovation Zayed University, UAE  

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