RT Article
T1 Assessing the Role of Opportunity and Low Self-Control in Juvenile Hacking
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 67
IS 5
SP 662
OP 688
A1 Holt, Thomas J. 1978-
A2 Cale, Jesse Lee
A2 Brewer, Russell
A2 Goldsmith, Andrew John 1955-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1759428531
AB Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime argues individuals with low self-control are more likely to engage in crime on and off-line. There is less research considering the role of opportunity, as low self-control should increase individuals’ willingness to act on opportunities to offend. The importance of opportunity is distinct for cybercrime, as technology access may be differentially impacted by various demographic factors. This study surveyed 1,411 South Australian adolescents enrolled at secondary schools across a large metropolitan region to examine the relationships between opportunity and self-control for four forms of computer hacking. A series of binary logistic regression models illustrated that distinct opportunity factors and low self-control are associated with each form of hacking.
K1 Computer hacking
K1 Cybercrime
K1 Jugendkriminalität
K1 Selbstkontrolle
K1 Low self-control
K1 Opportunity
K1 Selbstkontrolltheorie
K1 geringe Selbstkontrolle
DO  10.1177/0011128720978730