RT Article
T1 Cybercrime, Differential Association, and Self-Control: Knowledge Transmission Through Online Social Learning
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 46
IS 6
SP 935
OP 955
A1 Dearden, Thomas E.
A2 Parti, Katalin
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1785942417
AB In an increasingly digital world, our social interactions are increasingly moving online. Differential association and social learning theories suggest that we learn both moral definitions and the how-to of crime from those we associate with. In this paper we examine whether online or offline social learning leads to more self-disclosed forms of cyber-offending. Using a national online sample of 1,109 participants, we find both online and offline social learning are important correlates to cyber-offending. In addition, we predict that lower self-control will interact with social learning to further increase the likelihood of cyber-offending. Overall, we find that both social learning and self-control, individually and as an interaction, have a large effect-size in predicting cyber-offending.
K1 Online Crime
K1 Learning
K1 Differential Association
K1 Cybercrime
K1 Social Learning
DO 10.1007/s12103-021-09655-4