Senior Lecturer
Overview
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, and the Queensland Police Service. Jonah's research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, Royal Anthropological Institute, and International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Australia. He has experience teaching Criminology, Anthropology, and Digital Research Methods, and currently teaches CRIM7080 (Cyber Criminology and Global Security), CRIM7060 (Cybercrime Offending), and CRIM2080 (Criminology and Global Security).
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
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Guelph
- Master of Philosophy, University of Oxford
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Publications
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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.
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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.
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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), 3-30. doi: 10.1177/10790632211070797
Grants
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Conceptualising and Estimating the Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation
(2024) International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Australia
Supervision
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Illicit Drug Trading: A Comparative Analysis of Dark Web and Online Drug Venders' Decision Making
Doctor Philosophy
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Informal and formal justice for rape: Digital "court" and court trials in Australia
Doctor Philosophy
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Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence and Victimization of Pakistani Women: An Analysis of Legal and Socio-Cultural Barriers in the Dispensation of Justice to Women
Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Book
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Looking for Angelina: A learning guide on family violence
Rishchynski, Giselle, Rimer, Pearl and Rimer, Jonah (2009). Looking for Angelina: A learning guide on family violence. Toronto, Canada: Second Story Press.
Book Chapter
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
Journal Article
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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), 3-30. doi: 10.1177/10790632211070797
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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), 1607-1628. doi: 10.1177/0306624X20952389
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Reconceiving the Second Sex: Men, Masculinity, and Reproduction
Rimer, Jonah R. (2010). Reconceiving the Second Sex: Men, Masculinity, and Reproduction. Journal of Biosocial Science, 42 (5), 699-700. doi: 10.1017/S0021932010000155
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The Druze: social hierarchies and group form
Rimer, Jonah (2007). The Druze: social hierarchies and group form. Anthropolitique, 1 (1), 29-44.
Conference Publication
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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An anthropological perspective on internet sexual offending
Rimer, Jonah (2015). An anthropological perspective on internet sexual offending. 10th Annual Ontario Provincial Strategy Multidisciplinary Training Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada, 26-29 October, 2015.
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Ethical and legal challenges in modern anthropological methodology and research
Rimer, Jonah (2015). Ethical and legal challenges in modern anthropological methodology and research. “The Exposed Ethnographer” Fieldwork Workshop, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 27 May 2015.
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Internet sexual offending and the construction of less disciplined online space
Rimer, Jonah (2015). Internet sexual offending and the construction of less disciplined online space. 114th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, United States, 17-22 November 2015.
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The mobility of internet sex offenders through online and offline realms
Rimer, Jonah (2013). The mobility of internet sex offenders through online and offline realms. "Fielding Challenges, Challenging the Field: The Methodologies of Mobility" Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 27-28 September 2013.
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Conceptions of childhood among accused internet sexual offenders
Rimer, Jonah (2012). Conceptions of childhood among accused internet sexual offenders. British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect’s Eighth National Congress, Belfast, United Kingdom, 15-18 April 2012.
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Rimer, Jonah (2011). Conceptions of childhood and youth among accused internet sexual offenders: separating online and offline realities. Human Welfare Conference IV, Oxford, United Kingdom, 20-21 May 2011.
Other Outputs
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Risk, childhood, morality, and the internet: an anthropological study of internet sexual offending
Rimer, Jonah R. (2015). Risk, childhood, morality, and the internet: an anthropological study of internet sexual offending. PhD Thesis, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University.
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Rimer, Jonah (2008). Responding to child and youth victims of sexual exploitation on the internet: best practice guidelines. Toronto, Canada: Boost Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention.
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Literature review: responding to child and youth victims of sexual exploitation on the internet
Rimer, Jonah (2007). Literature review: responding to child and youth victims of sexual exploitation on the internet. Toronto, Canada: Boost Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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Conceptualising and Estimating the Costs of Child Sexual Exploitation
(2024) International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Australia
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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Illicit Drug Trading: A Comparative Analysis of Dark Web and Online Drug Venders' Decision Making
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Informal and formal justice for rape: Digital "court" and court trials in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence and Victimization of Pakistani Women: An Analysis of Legal and Socio-Cultural Barriers in the Dispensation of Justice to Women
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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¿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.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Considering a model for understanding the Australian Extreme Right-Wing
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
