Covering a wide range of different online platforms, including social media sites and chatrooms, this volume is a comprehensive exploration of the current state of sociological and criminological scholarship focused on online deviance.

Understanding deviance broadly, the handbook acknowledges both an objective normative approach and a subjective, reactivist approach to the topic, putting into sharp relief the distinctions between cybercrime and online deviance on the one hand, and wider concerns of online communities related to online deviance on the other. Divided into five sections, the first section is devoted primarily to scholarship about the theories and methods foundational to exploring online deviance. The second section, “Gender, Sex, and Sexuality”, presents empirical research on expressions of gender, sex, and sexuality in online spaces considered deviant. The third section, “Violence and Aggression,” highlights scholarship on types of violent communications such as hate speech and cyberstalking. The fourth section, “Communities and Culture,” describes empirical research on online communities and networks that can be described as deviant by wider society. Lastly, the fifth section, “Regional Perspectives,” highlights research in which a terrestrial location is impactful to the online phenomena studied.

Providing a window into future scholarship over the next several years and acknowledging the ephemeral nature of research on digital technology, The Routledge International Handbook on Online Deviance is essential reading for students and scholars of Criminology and Sociology focused on deviant online behaviour. It will also appeal to those working in related areas within Internet/Digital Studies, Media/Communication Studies, Psychology, and Cybersecurity.

Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Part 1. Foundations

1. Routine activities theory as a framework for explaining online victimization: a discussion of contributions, limitations and future work, Troy Smith and Kevin Haines

2. Measuring Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance in Surveys, David Buil-Gil, Nicolas Trajtenberg, and Marcelo F. Aebi

3. The victim-perpetrator? A gendered theory of incel digital deviance, Stuart Lucy

4. Ethics of covert surveillance in online deviance research using honeypots, Francisco J. Castro-Toledo and Ana B. Gómez-Bellvís

5. Grooming to defraud, Martina Dove

6. Perspectives of paid panel survey research in cybercrime victimization and offending: Validity of global online market research sampling and data collection, Katalin Parti, Thomas Dearden, and James Hawdon

7. Assessing the weight of social capital theory in digital victimization patterns via the Oxford Internet Surveys, ‘Shawn Smith

8. Methodological and ethical considerations on cyberbullying research, Aleš Bučar Ručman and Ajda Šulc

9. Contextual factors of online deception and harmful information: Multidisciplinary perspectives, Kristjan Kikerpill, Elisabeth Carter, Marju Himma-Kadakas, and Sten Hansson

10. Cyber outsiders. Julian Assange and the labeling of online activists, Vincenzo Scalia

11. Moving from risk factors to positive online behaviors: An integrated behavioral change approach, Troy Smith, Eric Rutger Leukfeldt, and Steve van de Weijer

12. The cultural milieus of online offending, Maryja Šupa

Part 2. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

13. Gender gap and online deviance behavior. Is cyberspace democratizing cybercrime? The case of digital piracy, Ana B. Gómez-Bellvís and Francisco J. Castro-Toledo

14. Sextortion online: Characteristics, challenges, and pathways forward, Roberta L. O’Malley

15. Online sex work: Deviance and innovation, Aaron Hammes and Danielle Blunt

16. The struggle with stigma in sex work: Webcam models’ strategies for stigma management, Hannah DeLacey

17. A sentiment analysis of men’s comments on a sex work forum, Roderick Graham

18. “I do not believe that talking about this kind of stuff is a way to diminish feminist battles”: An online controversy in the Italian manosphere, Oscar Ricci

19. “Is my fear of transphobia just a little out of control?”: A qualitative exploration of the use of online forums by trans people, Susana Avalos

20. Other as self–identity, safety, and perception of deviance concerning sexual minorities, Helidth Ravenholm

21. Female extremists and the role of gender, sex and sexuality, Nina Käsehage and Sybille Reinke de Buitrago

Part 3. Violence and Aggression

22. Self-Reported Ethnic-Based Cyberbullying Victimization in Portugal: Prevalence and Implications for Criminology, Gloria Fernández- Pacheco Alises, Paula C. Martins, and Sílvia M. Mendes

23. Moral Disaffiliation in Cyber Incitement to Hatred and Violence: A Discourse Semantic Approach, Awni Etaywe

24. Follower weaponization: Reimagining violence in the technological landscape, Alice Fox

25. Attacks on refugee reception centres in Finland in autumn 2015 – a case analysis of hive terrorism, Tommi Kotonen and Heikki Kovalainen

26. You are un-welcome: caste based hate speech online, Shivangi Narayan

27. What happens on the digital street, stays on the digital street? An examination of provocations, threats, and beefs in the online drill culture in Rotterdam, R.A. (Robert) Roks and J.B.A. (Jeroen) van den Broek

28. What drives aggressive online behavior among adults? A literature review and explanatory model integrating individual, situational, and social status determinants, Lea Stahel

29. Online deviance through the lens of sociotechnical interaction network (STIN): Case study of Cyber Trolls, Dr Kanika Sharma

Part 4. Communities and Culture

30. Interacting with online deviant subcultures: experiences of interviewing incels, Jan Christoffer Andersen and Lisa Sugiura

31. Legitimization of Grey Activities in Online Space: An Example of Metal Detectorists, Diāna Bērziņa

32. Collective Criminal Efficacy in Online Illicit Communities, Taylor Fisher

33. Characteristics of the dark web’s online drug culture, Ari Haasio, Piotr Siuda and J. Tuomas Harviainen

34. Opinion formation through social networks in the Baby Boomer generation, Laura Kobsch

35. Narratives of blame and absolution: framing and managing digital risks in harmful sharenting practices, Anita Lavorgna, Pamela Ugwudike, Morena Tartari

36. The Risks of Digital Governance: Automatization of Crime Politics, Veronika Nagy

Part 5. Regional Perspectives

37. Branding the “Bandito Influencer”: Studying Cross-Platform Fame and Deviance in the Cases of Er Brasiliano and 1727WrldStar, Nicola Bozzi and Stefano Brilli

38. Anti-migrant groups in Calais and Dover: protecting online resources while engaging in digital vigilantism and hate speech, Matthijs Gardenier

39. Doxxing as a Deviant Behaviour: A Critical Analysis of Hong Kong’s Criminal Law Reform Against Doxxing Activities, Aaron Wong, Paul Vinod Khiatani, and Wing Hong Chui

40. Addressing Cyber Deviance in Hybrid Political Systems: Insights from Bangladesh, Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan

41. Studying nationalism in an online setting: A Russian far-right community in Vkontakte social media platform, Petr Oskolkov