{"id":3483,"date":"2016-07-29T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:15:29","slug":"jordon-tomblin-published-police-practice-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/2016\/jordon-tomblin-published-police-practice-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordon Tomblin published in Police Practice and Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Jordon Tomblin published in Police Practice and Research\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Jordon Tomblin’s research article “Sentencing ‘Anonymous’: exacerbating the civil divide between online citizens and government<\/a>” was recently published in Police Practice and Research: An International Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rise of the hacktivist collective Anonymous and its activities have led to a number of international high profile arrests and criminal sentences. In Canada, birth cohort studies and the established age\u2013crime curve consistently show that even in the absence of intervention the majority of offenders desist in offending as they age. We argue that criminal justice responses need to be restrained and policy makers need to consider the measureable harm of virtual protests. We anticipate that failure to do so will result in produced criminalization effects that are more reflective of a societal overreaction on the part of authorities. In conclusion, we reflect on the responses to activity akin to civil protest carried out in defense of liberty and argue contemporary trajectories will only exacerbate a civil divide between those who believe a system is corrupt and failing and those whose job it is to maintain law and order.
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