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Books by Grainne Kirwan

Cybercrime is a growing problem in the modern world. Despite the many advantages of computers, th... more Cybercrime is a growing problem in the modern world. Despite the many advantages of computers, they have spawned a number of crimes, such as hacking and virus writing, and made other crimes more prevalent and easier to commit, including music piracy, identity theft and child sex offences. Understanding the psychology behind these crimes helps to determine what motivates and characterises offenders and how such crimes can be prevented. This textbook on the psychology of the cybercriminal is the first written for undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology, criminology, law, forensic science and computer science. It requires no specific background knowledge and covers legal issues, offenders, effects on victims, punishment and preventative measures for a wide range of cybercrimes. Introductory chapters on forensic psychology and the legal issues of cybercrime ease students into the subject, and many pedagogical features in the book and online provide support for the student.

Cyberpsychology is the study of human interactions with the internet, mobile computing and teleph... more Cyberpsychology is the study of human interactions with the internet, mobile computing and telephony, games consoles, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and other contemporary electronic technologies. The field has grown substantially over the past few years and this book surveys how researchers are tackling the impact of new technology on human behaviour and how people interact with this technology.

Examining topics as diverse as online dating, social networking, online communications, artificial intelligence, health-information seeking behaviour, education online, online therapies and cybercrime, Cyberpsychology and New Media book provides an in-depth overview of this burgeoning field, and allows those with little previous knowledge to gain an appreciation of the diversity of the research being undertaken in the area.

Arranged thematically and structured for accessibility, Cyberpsychology and New Media will be essential reading for researchers and students in Social Psychology and Cyberpsychology, and in Communication and Media Studies.

As more individuals own and operate Internet-enabled devices and more critical government and ind... more As more individuals own and operate Internet-enabled devices and more critical government and industrial systems rely on advanced technologies, the issue of cybercrime has become a crucial concern for both the general public and professionals alike.

The Psychology of Cyber Crime: Concepts and Principles aims to be the leading reference examining the psychology of cybercrime. This book considers many aspects of cybercrime, including research on offenders, legal issues, the impact of cybercrime on victims, punishment, and preventative measures. It is designed as a source for researchers and practitioners in the disciplines of criminology, cyberpsychology, and forensic psychology, though it is also likely to be of significant interest to many students of information technology and other related disciplines.

Papers by Grainne Kirwan

Research has indicated that online daters may pick up on language cues connected to personality t... more Research has indicated that online daters may pick up on language cues
connected to personality traits in online dating profile texts, and act upon those
cues. This research seeks to investigate the level of accuracy of detection of
personality in dating profile texts, and the extent to which perceived or actual
similarity of personality has an effect on attractiveness of the author. An online
survey was conducted collecting the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) for
each participant and text author, a peer-report TIPI score by participants for each
text author, and an attractiveness rating on a Likert scale for each author.
Participants correctly identified Extraversion, though the effect size was small.
Contrary to the hypotheses, participants preferred texts when written by an author
with a personality they perceived as dissimilar to their own, specifically in
Openness and Conscientiousness, and no relationship was found between actual
similarity of personality and attractiveness. Online daters may choose partners
with complementary or desirable traits rather than similar traits, or other factors in
attraction may be more salient in the initial stages of determining attraction.

The Psychology of Online Offenders, 2000

Previous research has found that in the free text ‘About Me’ element in online dating profiles, l... more Previous research has found that in the free text ‘About Me’ element in online dating profiles, liars unconsciously produced different word patterns to those being truthful. In this research, language variables indicating deception were investigated through the programme Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC). Additionally, emergent coding was used to examine how profile authors write about themselves, specifically in relation to describing themselves as honest and trustworthy. The free text ‘About Me’ element of 150 Irish and 150 American Caucasian, male, online daters’ profiles was analysed, and the differences were compared across the two cultures. The results found that the Irish profiles used more language variables indicating deceptive language than American profiles, and yet the Irish males were more likely to describe themselves as trustworthy or honest. This dichotomy is an interesting one, and is worthy of further study. Applications of this research include online datin...

The Psychology of Online Offenders, 2013

In A. Power and G. Kirwan (eds.) Cyberpsychology and New Media: A Thematic Reader. Psychology Press

The Psychology of Online Offenders, 2000

The Psychology of Online Offenders, 2013

In A. Power and G. Kirwan (eds.) Cyberpsychology and New Media: A Thematic Reader. Psychology Press

This teaching note describes the technique of using debates as a method of teaching critical thin... more This teaching note describes the technique of using debates as a method of teaching critical thinking skills. It has been used by the author as a 3rd year assignment for the BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology in the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, IADT in modules on forensic ...