Understanding Perceptions of Victimisation: A Critical Analysis of Gay and Bisexual Male Grindr Users Negotiations of Safety and Risk
Colliver, Ben (2023) Understanding Perceptions of Victimisation: A Critical Analysis of Gay and Bisexual Male Grindr Users Negotiations of Safety and Risk. British Journal of Criminology. ISSN 0007-0955
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Abstract
The victimisation of gay and bisexual men has gained significant academic and social attention, with that focus extending to the role of digital victimisation. Grindr has dominated the market for online dating apps targeting gay, bisexual, trans and queer people. Drawing on qualitative data collected with men who use Grindr, this paper addresses a gap in criminological literature by exploring the way that men that have sex with men negotiate perceptions of safety when engaging in real-world meetings that have been facilitated by Grindr. It is argued throughout this paper that risk-reduction strategies adopted by interviewees only reduce the perception of risk, rather than the actual risk of experiencing violent victimisation. As such, it is claimed exploring digital integration offers a more nuanced reading of the intertwined and fraught relations of risk and safety within digital and physical spaces.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azad043 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Risk, Safety, Grindr, Violence, Online Dating, Homosexuality | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH00 - multidisciplinary > CAH00-00 - multidisciplinary > CAH00-00-00 - multidisciplinary CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-01 - social sciences (non-specific) CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Ben Colliver | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2023 08:19 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2023 14:08 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14651 |
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