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Dr Jonah Rimer
Dr

Jonah Rimer

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Overview

Background

Jonah Rimer is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Queensland, and Convenor of the Cyber Criminology field of study for UQ's postgraduate Cyber Security programs. He is also an Associate Researcher with the Young Lives Research Lab (Canada), and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). Jonah holds a DPhil in Anthropology and an MPhil in Medical Anthropology from Oxford University, and a BA (Hons) in Anthropology and Sociology from the University of Guelph. His primary research areas are cybercrime; online sexual offending; child abuse; social science of the Internet; childhood and youth studies; policy and the justice system; and qualitative, ethnographic, and digital research methods. He is particularly interested in the human factors and social elements of cybercrime, and more generally, the sociality of online spaces and impacts of digital media use.

Jonah has previous experience working in a child abuse prevention and treatment agency, and is keen to make connections between policy, practice, and academia. He collaborates with colleagues locally and internationally in academia, law enforcement, the public sector, and the not-for-profit sector, and he has been invited to present for organisations including the Ontario Provincial Police, the UK Ministry of Justice, the Children's Aid Society of Toronto, Toronto Public Health, the Queensland Police Service, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children. Jonah's research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, the Royal Anthropological Institute, and the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Australia. He has experience teaching Criminology, Anthropology, and Research Methods, and currently teaches CRIM7080 (Cyber Criminology and Global Security), CRIM7060 (Cybercrime Offending), and CRIM2080 (Criminology and Global Security).

Availability

Dr Jonah Rimer is:
Not available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), University of Guelph
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Oxford
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford

Research interests

  • Cybercrime, particularly the human factors and social elements of cybercrime

  • Online offending

  • Child abuse

  • Social science of the Internet, online sociality, and impacts of digital media use

  • Childhood and youth studies

  • Policy and the justice system

  • Qualitative, ethnographic, and digital research methods

Works

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32 works between 2007 and 2024

1 - 20 of 32 works

2024

Journal Article

Turning ethnography on its head in research about internet sexual offending

Rimer, Jonah R. (2024). Turning ethnography on its head in research about internet sexual offending. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2024.2435366

Turning ethnography on its head in research about internet sexual offending

2024

Other Outputs

Costs of online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Australia: an initial review

Rimer, Jonah R. and Callaway, Ethan (2024). Costs of online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Australia: an initial review. Sydney, NSW, Australia: International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Australia.

Costs of online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Australia: an initial review

2024

Conference Publication

The digital as evidence: personal digital information and the rethinking of judicial focal concerns in sentencing

Fay, Suzanna and Rimer, Jonah (2024). The digital as evidence: personal digital information and the rethinking of judicial focal concerns in sentencing. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA USA, 13-16 November 2024.

The digital as evidence: personal digital information and the rethinking of judicial focal concerns in sentencing

2024

Journal Article

“I’m a monster, but I’m not a monster”: symbolic and social identity work among child sexual exploitation material users

Rimer, Jonah R. and Holt, Karen (2024). “I’m a monster, but I’m not a monster”: symbolic and social identity work among child sexual exploitation material users. International Criminal Justice Review, 1-33. doi: 10.1177/10575677241283409

“I’m a monster, but I’m not a monster”: symbolic and social identity work among child sexual exploitation material users

2024

Book Chapter

Child Sexual Exploitation

Rimer, Jonah R. (2024). Child Sexual Exploitation. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. (pp. 1-36) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.780

Child Sexual Exploitation

2023

Conference Publication

Child sexual exploitation material users’ perceptions of and motivations for offending

Rimer, Jonah (2023). Child sexual exploitation material users’ perceptions of and motivations for offending. Youth, Technology and Virtual Communities Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26 - 28 April 2023.

Child sexual exploitation material users’ perceptions of and motivations for offending

2023

Conference Publication

The criminalisation of threats

Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca and Rimer, Jonah (2023). The criminalisation of threats. Annual Criminal Law Research Workshop, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 9-10 February 2023.

The criminalisation of threats

2023

Journal Article

"It was in control of me": Notions of addiction and online child sexual exploitation material offending

Rimer, Jonah R. and Holt, Karen (2023). "It was in control of me": Notions of addiction and online child sexual exploitation material offending. Sexual Abuse, 35 (1) ARTN 10790632211070797, 3-30. doi: 10.1177/10790632211070797

"It was in control of me": Notions of addiction and online child sexual exploitation material offending

2021

Journal Article

Discipline as prevention: psychoeducational strategies in internet sexual offending group programs

Rimer, Jonah R. (2021). Discipline as prevention: psychoeducational strategies in internet sexual offending group programs. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 65 (15) ARTN 0306624X20952389, 1607-1628. doi: 10.1177/0306624X20952389

Discipline as prevention: psychoeducational strategies in internet sexual offending group programs

2021

Journal Article

Views and attitudes about youth self-produced sexual images among professionals with expertise in child sexual abuse

Slane, Andrea, Martin, Jennifer and Rimer, Jonah R. (2021). Views and attitudes about youth self-produced sexual images among professionals with expertise in child sexual abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 30 (2), 207-229. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2021.1875095

Views and attitudes about youth self-produced sexual images among professionals with expertise in child sexual abuse

2021

Conference Publication

Users of online child sexual exploitation material and notions of “addiction”

Rimer, Jonah and Holt, Karen (2021). Users of online child sexual exploitation material and notions of “addiction”. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 17-20 November 2021.

Users of online child sexual exploitation material and notions of “addiction”

2020

Journal Article

Crime script analysis for adult image-based sexual abuse: a study of crime intervention points for retribution-style offenders

O’Hara, Abigail C., Ko, Ryan K. L., Mazerolle, Lorraine and Rimer, Jonah R. (2020). Crime script analysis for adult image-based sexual abuse: a study of crime intervention points for retribution-style offenders. Crime Science, 9 (1) 26. doi: 10.1186/s40163-020-00130-9

Crime script analysis for adult image-based sexual abuse: a study of crime intervention points for retribution-style offenders

2019

Journal Article

"In the street they're real, in a picture they're not": Constructions of children and childhood among users of online child sexual exploitation material

Rimer, Jonah R. (2019). "In the street they're real, in a picture they're not": Constructions of children and childhood among users of online child sexual exploitation material. Child Abuse and Neglect, 90, 160-173. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.12.008

"In the street they're real, in a picture they're not": Constructions of children and childhood among users of online child sexual exploitation material

2019

Book Chapter

Digital media, youth, and social relationships

Rimer, Jonah R. and Tilleczek, Kate C. (2019). Digital media, youth, and social relationships. Youth in the Digital Age: paradox, promise, predicament. (pp. 113-127) edited by Kate C. Tilleczek and Valerie M. Campbell. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429464751-7

Digital media, youth, and social relationships

2019

Book Chapter

Digital capital by/for youth?

Tilleczek, Kate C. and Rimer, Jonah R. (2019). Digital capital by/for youth?. Youth in the Digital Age: paradox, promise, predicament. (pp. 95-112) edited by Kate C. Tilleczek and Valerie M. Campbell. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429464751-6

Digital capital by/for youth?

2018

Journal Article

Professionals' perspectives on viewing child sexual abuse images to improve response to victims

Slane, Andrea, Martin, Jennifer, Rimer, Jonah R., Eke, Angela W., Sinclair, Roberta, Charles, Grant and Quayle, Ethel (2018). Professionals' perspectives on viewing child sexual abuse images to improve response to victims. Canadian Review of Sociology - Revue Canadienne De Sociologie, 55 (4), 579-596. doi: 10.1111/cars.12223

Professionals' perspectives on viewing child sexual abuse images to improve response to victims

2018

Conference Publication

Anthropology’s place: impact and interdisciplinarity in online sexual offending research

Rimer, Jonah (2018). Anthropology’s place: impact and interdisciplinarity in online sexual offending research. "Making a Difference: Impact in the Social Sciences" Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 19 April 2018.

Anthropology’s place: impact and interdisciplinarity in online sexual offending research

2017

Journal Article

Internet sexual offending from an anthropological perspective: analysing offender perceptions of online spaces

Rimer, Jonah R. (2017). Internet sexual offending from an anthropological perspective: analysing offender perceptions of online spaces. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 23 (1), 33-45. doi: 10.1080/13552600.2016.1201158

Internet sexual offending from an anthropological perspective: analysing offender perceptions of online spaces

2016

Book Chapter

Clues and cues

Rimer, Pearl, Prager, Betsy and Rimer, Jonah [contributing author]. (2016). Clues and cues. Reaching Out: Working Together to Identify and Respond to Child Victims of Abuse. (pp. 57-77) Toronto, Canada: Nelson Education.

Clues and cues

2016

Book Chapter

The causes and dynamics of child abuse

Rimer, Pearl, Prager, Betsy and Rimer, Jonah [contributing author]. (2016). The causes and dynamics of child abuse. Reaching Out: Working Together to Identify and Respond to Child Victims of Abuse. (pp. 19-44) Toronto, Canada: Nelson Education.

The causes and dynamics of child abuse

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024
    Conceptualising and Estimating the Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation
    International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Australia
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Jonah Rimer is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Illicit Drug Trading: A Comparative Analysis of Dark Web and Online Drug Venders' Decision Making

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr David Mount

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Informal and formal justice for rape: Digital "court" and court trials in Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Allison Fish, Professor Ryan Ko

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence and Victimization of Pakistani Women: An Analysis of Legal and Socio-Cultural Barriers in the Dispensation of Justice to Women

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Joseph Lelliott

  • Doctor Philosophy

    ¿Disaster Strains¿: An exploratory, comparative, thematic analysis of the 2010-11 Brisbane floods and COVID-19 pandemic, through the theoretical lenses of Agnew's General Strain Theory.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Renee Zahnow, Associate Professor Suzanna Fay

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Considering a model for understanding the Australian Extreme Right-Wing

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Mair Underwood, Dr Garth Stahl

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