Samenvatting

Our lives are taking place online more and more. This development has had consequences for our relationships and the violence that can occur in these relationships. Yet academics and professionals often assume that there is a distinction between violence in dependency relationships and online crime. In practice, the overlap between offline and online behavior is not always properly recognized. In this article, the overlap between offline and online aspects of violence in dependency relationships is made clear on the basis of a typology, in which four types are distinguished: offender and victim have met each other offline and the violence takes place completely offline (type 1) or online with or without a combination with offline violence (type 2) or offender and victim have met each other online and the violence takes place offline with or without a combination with online violence (type 3) or completely online (type 4). With this typology, we also aim to make it clear to professionals in the field of violence in dependency relationships and cybercrime that they need each other and that cooperation is essential.