The University of Queensland

Jonah Rimer is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Queensland, and Convenor of Cyber Criminology for the university’s postgraduate Cyber Security programs. He is also an Associate Researcher with the Young Lives Research Lab, Canada. Jonah holds a Doctorate in Anthropology and a Master’s in Medical Anthropology from Oxford University. His primary research areas are online sexual offending, child abuse, human factors in cybercrime, social science of the internet, childhood and youth studies, and the justice system.

Jonah has been researching online child sexual exploitation and abuse since 2007. He has previous experience working in a child abuse prevention and treatment agency, and collaborates with colleagues locally and internationally in the law enforcement, public, and not-for-profit sectors. His research has been published in journals including Child Abuse & Neglect, Sexual Abuse, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, International Criminal Justice Review, Journal of Sexual Aggression, Child Protection and Practice, and Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.