Technologically Facilitated Violence: Criminological Aspects of Technology Abuse in Family and Intimate Relationships

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the growing phenomenon of technologically facilitated violence (TFV) in the context of family and intimate partner relationships. Technology has slowly penetrated every pore of social life, so no matter how much it facilitates everyday life, it inevitably becomes an integral part of human deviant behavior. The study aims to discover how digital tools are used to exercise psychological, emotional and coercive control over victims and to explore the criminological implications of this new form of abuse. Technology can leave room for new forms of violence but also help in carrying out existing ones. Therefore, the main goal is to investigate new trends in the abuse of technological and digital opportunities in this direction. A special focus will be placed on the Republic of North Macedonia, the emerging forms, cases and legal amendments that will be considered to what extent they offer protection from this phenomenon.