Cyber Harassment and Policy Reform in the Digital Age: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Cyber Harassment and Policy Reform in the Digital Age: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Ramona S. McNeal, Susan M. Kunkle, Mary Schmeida
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Release Date: April, 2018|Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 170
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5285-7
ISBN13: 9781522552857|ISBN10: 1522552855|EISBN13: 9781522552864
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Description:

As the digital world assumes an ever-increasing role in the daily life of the public, opportunities to engage in crimes increase as well. The consequences of cyber aggression can range from emotional and psychological distress to death by suicide or homicide.

Cyber Harassment and Policy Reform in the Digital Age: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that examines cyber aggression and bullying and policy changes to combat this new form of crime. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as anti-bullying programs, cyberstalking, and social exclusion, this book is geared towards academicians, researchers, policy makers, and students seeking current research on cyberstalking, harassment, and bullying.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Aggressive Behavior
  • Anti-Bullying Programs
  • Cyber Bullying
  • Cyberstalking
  • Online Activities
  • Online Aggression
  • Social Exclusion
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Ramona McNeal is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa. Her chief research interests include e-government, telehealth, cybercrimes and campaign finance reform. She also studies the impact of technology on participation, including its relationship to voting, elections, and public opinion. She has published work in numerous journals including Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, Political Research Quarterly and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. She is a co-author of Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society and Participation (MIT Press, 2007) with Karen Mossberger and Caroline Tolbert.
Susan M. Kunkle is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Kent State University where she teaches courses on crime, delinquency, and corrections. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in political science, with an emphasis in justice studies and policy analysis from Kent State University. Dr. Kunkle spent over four decades in the justice system working in several juvenile court systems and with the federal bureau of prisons. Additionally, she has extensive experience in working with community based systems of care for offenders and children at-risk. She previously served as the chairperson and trustee of a regional system of detention and rehabilitation programs that provided services for six juvenile courts. She was a recipient of the Community Crime Prevention Award (Stark County Prosecutor's Office) and the Dawn Marie Hendershot Award for exemplary service on behalf of child victims (Stark County Victims’ Rights Coalition). Dr. Kunkle’s research interests include cyber aggression, correctional institutions, childhood victimization, and reentry courts. She has presented at numerous conferences including the American Society of Criminology and the Midwest Political Science Association.
Mary Schmeida is a public policy expert who has served in several key research positions in the public and private healthcare sectors. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science, Public Policy Program in 2005 from Kent State University, Ohio, USA; and holds a Master’s of Science in Nursing degree in Psychiatric Mental-Health from Kent State, at which received a clinical grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health. She has held several faculty appointments in public and private Universities. Her chief research interests and publications are government reform; e-government surveillance; state and local cybercrime policies; campaign reform and voting behavior; climate change and environmental health; mental health policy, telehealth policy, Medicare and Medicaid policy. She has published work in a number of books and academic journals including Government Information Quarterly, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, and the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
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