Type of killing in which victim and perpetrator met online
"Craigslist killer" redirects here. For the murder suspect nicknamed the "Craigslist Killer", see Philip Markoff. For the film, see The Craigslist Killer (film).
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Internet homicide, also called internet assassination, refers to killing in which victim and perpetrator met online, in some cases having known each other previously only through the Internet.[1][2][3] Also Internet killer is an appellation found in media reports for a person who broadcasts the crime of murder online or who murders a victim met through the Internet.[4][5] Depending on the venue used, other terms used in the media are Internet chat room killer, Craigslist killer, Facebook serial killer. Internet homicide can also be part of an Internet suicide pact or consensual homicide.[4] Some commentators believe that reports on these homicides have overemphasized their connection to the Internet.[6]
^Psychiatric mental health nursing, Katherine M. Fortinash, Patricia A. Holoday-Worret, 2007 - Page 509, definition: "Internet Homicide: Luring a person from a chat room to an actual meeting. Can turn deadly."
^http://www.napavalley.edu/Projects/189/Chapter_022_4th_ed__handout.pdf[permanent dead link] Napa Valley College teaching text: Chapter 22, definition: "Internet Homicide: Luring a person from a chat room to an actual meeting. May turn deadly."
^Killers on the Web: True Stories of Internet Cannibals, Murderers and Sex Criminals by Christopher Berry-Dee and Steven Morris, John Blake Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84454-188-1
^ abMcGuire, Michael (2007). Hypercrime: the new geometry of harm. Routledge. ISBN 9781904385530.
^Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis by Brent E. Turvey, 2008 ("... the Internet enables offenders to gain control of their victims.")
^Harris, Leslie (24 April 2009). "Because "Classified Ad Killer" Doesn't Have the Same Ring". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
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