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Cybercrime victimization among Virginia businesses: frequency, vulnerabilities, and consequences of cybervictimization
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-09-04)The Commonwealth of Virginia, USA, is one of the most vulnerable states to cyberattacks and breaches. Analyzing data from 428 online surveys collected from Virginia businesses from multiple vendors and several unique ... -
We get by with family: Maternal partnership transitions and extended kin coresidence
(Wiley, 2023-04)Objective This study examines the extent to which mothers coreside with extended kin during partnership transitions.Background Parental relationship changes are increasingly common, especially among unmarried parents. ... -
Defending Others Online: The Influence of Observing Formal and Informal Social Control on One's Willingness to Defend Cyberhate Victims
(MDPI, 2023-08-02)This paper examines factors correlated with online self-help—an informal form of social control vis-à-vis intervention—upon witnessing a cyberhate attack. Using online surveys from 18- to 26-year-old ... -
Practice Research Special Issue Editorial
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Artificial intelligence in farming: Challenges and opportunities for building trust
(Wiley, 2023-05)Artificial intelligence (AI) represents technologies with human-like cognitive abilities to learn, perform, and make decisions. AI in precision agriculture (PA) enables farmers and farm managers to deploy highly targeted ... -
What is a capable guardian to older fraud victims? Comparison of younger and older victims’ characteristics of online fraud utilizing routine activity theory
(2023-05-18)Objective: The paper compares victim group characteristics: we test routine activities theory to compare the differences in online fraud vulnerabilities of victims aged 18–54 and victims of 55 and above. Methods/sample: ... -
"If We Don't Listen to Them, We Make Them Lose More than Money:" Exploring Reasons for Underreporting and the Needs of Older Scam Victims
(MDPI, 2023-04-28)Highly manipulative online and telephone scams committed by strangers target everyone, but older individuals are especially susceptible to being victimized. This study aimed to (1) identify why older individuals decide not ... -
“If We Don’t Listen to Them, We Make Them Lose More than Money”: Exploring Reasons for Underreporting and the Needs of Older Scam Victims
(MDPI, 2023-04-28)Highly manipulative online and telephone scams committed by strangers target everyone, but older individuals are especially susceptible to being victimized. This study aimed to (1) identify why older individuals decide not ... -
Illiberal and Populist Political Narratives on Gender and Underreporting of Sexual Violence
(2023-04-05)The paper was presented in a webinar "Gender Equity Series - Violence Against Women in Europe" organized by CEUTTSS. -
Findings from the Spirit Squad study: Overlooked and Misread?
(2021-02)Our qualitative study’s primary purpose was to gain insights from the Virginia Tech Spirit Squad members about their experience. We gathered students’ thoughts regarding interaction with fans, public understanding of the ... -
B. R. Ambedkar as Visonary Educator
(Palgrave MacMillan, 2023-01)“We are because he was.” This common phrase referring to Bhimrao Ambedkar among social justice advocates illustrates Ambedkar’s powerful leadership. An outspoken critic of rigid Brahminical structures that excluded large ... -
Liberating Our Writing: Critical Narratives and Systemic Changes in Education and the Social Sciences
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-11)We outline our evolution as Latina, Asian, and White women sociologists using a social justice lens while studying transitions to college among youth of color. During our graduate training and early academic careers, we ... -
University Diversity Projects and the Inclusivity Challenge
(SAGE Publications, 2022-11-25)Growing numbers of women; Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; and low-income/first-in-family students attend U.S. colleges. Although sought after by universities eager to establish diverse campuses, many minoritized ... -
Resistance, Acceptance, and Quiescence: The Role of Social Networks in Predicting Responses to a New Natural Gas Pipeline
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2022-04-28)As a wide body of social movements scholarship demonstrates, inaction in the face of environmental injustice is far more frequent than mobilization. Using the case of the Mountain Valley Pipeline – a highly controversial ... -
CIVIIC: Cybercrime in Virginia: Impacts on Industry and Citizens Final Report
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Preventing Revictimization in Sexual Assault Investigations: Personal Security and Trauma-Informed Case Management
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-01-03)How we treat victims determines the amount of information we gain from a victim interview. It is also crucial for the security of victims, and for preventing revictimization in a criminal procedure. Nancy Oglesby, Esq., a ... -
Changes in Online Illegal Drug Buying during COVID-19: Assessing Effects due to a Changing Market or Changes in Strain using a Longitudinal Sample Design
(Springer Nature, 2022-11-11)This research uses longitudinal data to investigate if illegal online drug purchases changed over time during the COVID-19 pandemic, and if these changes were primarily driven by users adjusting to market conditions or by ... -
Actual Policing in Virtual Reality - A Cause of Moral Panic or a Justified Need?
(InTech Open, 2011-01-08)This study aims to describe those aspects that qualify a form of behaviour as a crime in the virtual communities, these highly organised societies of the Internet. But the image of deviances may not be complete without ... -
Sexting at an Early Age: Patterns and Poor Health-Related Consequences of Pressured Sexting in Middle and High School
(Wiley, 2022-10-03)BACKGROUND Sexting is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, images, or videos through electronic means. Research has examined sexting in high school and college students. This study seeks to add to ...
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