{"id":127087,"date":"2022-03-24T09:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087//?p=127087"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:55:40","slug":"ucf-professors-research-helps-inform-policy-laws-surrounding-intimate-partner-cyber-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087//ucf-professors-research-helps-inform-policy-laws-surrounding-intimate-partner-cyber-abuse/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Professor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019s Research Helps Inform Policy, Laws Surrounding Intimate Partner Cyber Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are various positive aspects to living in a time in which technology is more prevalent and accessible than ever, but there are also many shadows in the realm of the cyberspace./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n
This is why Erica Fissel/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019s goal is to illuminate the interpersonal victimization that occurs in cyberspace in hopes that her work will be used to help inform policy and help these victims./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n
Fissel, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, doesn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019t consider herself a particularly technology-savvy person but was fascinated with the way people behave online versus offline. From there, she began to look at what use or abuse of technology looks like in an intimate partner relationship. A member of UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019s Violence Against Women faculty cluster, she focuses on the impact it has on women./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n Although she didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019t intentionally seek to make women the focus of her research, Fissel says she quickly discovered that women are the most likely to experience such forms of interpersonal victimization. She also works with the Cybercrime Support Network to help serve those affected by the growing impacts of cybercrime./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u201cThis area is so interesting to me because it’s so underdeveloped, and there are so many ways that people can use technology to abuse their partners that I would have never thought of,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u201d she says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n Such technology can include smart-home systems like video doorbells, which can be used to track or monitor an intimate partner. Even reading a partner/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019s text messages without their permission can fall into the category of technology-based abuse under certain circumstances./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n She adds that it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019s important to realize that intimate partner cyber abuse is not illegal. There may be laws applicable to cyberstalking or cyber harassment, but intimate partner cyber abuse extends beyond those behaviors./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u201cBecause of that, people don’t know what they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u2019re experiencing is abusive or problematic,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u201d Fissel says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u201cThey don’t know that they should be able to get help for it. I want my work to be able to inform policies and laws. I want to help individuals experiencing these behaviors access helpful resources, realize that they’re experiencing problematic behavior and get out of those situations./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/127087/n