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
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Cybercrime, particularly the human factors and social elements of cybercrime
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Online offending
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Child abuse
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Social science of the Internet, online sociality, and impacts of digital media use
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Childhood and youth studies
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Policy and the justice system
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Qualitative, ethnographic, and digital research methods
Works
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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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Jonah Rimer is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Illicit Drug Trading: A Comparative Analysis of Dark Web and Online Drug Venders' Decision Making
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr David Mount
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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
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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
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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
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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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