Routledge Crime, Justice and Social Media - Critical Criminology

Explore the evolving landscape of digital crime and justice with Crime, Justice and Social Media from the New Directions in Critical Criminology series. This book examines how social media platforms change our understanding of injustice and the ways these digital spaces can contribute to justice-seeking efforts. Through an analysis of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, 8chan, and Reddit, the text addresses serious issues such as the circulation of intimate photographs and mass campaigns of public harassment. It examines how online abuse often involves betrayals of trust and invasions of privacy, specifically looking at how these digital patterns disproportionately target women and children. Rather than viewing online abuse as a separate phenomenon, this work argues that digital misconduct is connected to established patterns of social inequality. It provides a necessary academic perspective on how modern technology affects contemporary crime and the pursuit of justice in a digital age.