RT Article
T1 A Macro-Social Exploratory Analysis of the Rate of Interstate Cyber-Victimization
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 41
IS 3
SP 583
OP 601
A1 Song, Hyojong
A1 Lynch, Michael J.
A1 Cochran, John K.
A2 Lynch, Michael J.
A2 Cochran, John K.
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200551
AB This study examines whether macro-level opportunity indicators affect cyber-theft victimization. Based on the arguments from criminal opportunity theory, exposure to risk is measured by state-level patterns of internet access (where users access the internet). Other structural characteristics of states were measured to determine if variation in social structure impacted cyber-victimization across states. The current study found that structural conditions such as unemployment and non-urban population are associated with where users access the internet. Also, this study found that the proportion of users who access the internet only at home was positively associated with state-level counts of cyber-theft victimization. The theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.
K1 State-level analysis
K1 Macro-level crime analysis
K1 Online routine activity
K1 Household activity
K1 Criminal opportunity theory
K1 Cyber-theft victimization
K1 Cybercrime
DO 10.1007/s12103-015-9308-4