RT Article
T1 Low Self-Control and Cybercrime Victimization: An Examination of Indirect Effects Through Risky Online Behavior
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 68
IS 13/14
SP 2476
OP 2502
A1 Partin, Raymond D.
A2 Meldrum, Ryan C.
A2 Lehmann, Peter S.
A2 Back, Sinchul
A2 Trucco, Elisa M.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839616733
AB Research has established that individuals lower in self-control are at increased risk of offline criminal victimization due to their proclivity to engage in risky routine activities. While some studies have investigated whether a similar pattern is observed in the online context, additional inquiry into whether the link between low self-control and cybercrime victimization operates indirectly through risky online behavior is warranted given certain measurement and methodological limitations of prior research. Using original data collected on a sample of young adults, we find that the association between low self-control and a variety measure of cybercrime victimization operates entirely and indirectly through a variety measure of risky online behaviors. The implications of this finding for policy and programing are discussed.
K1 PROCESS macro
K1 cybercrime victimization
K1 Low self-control
K1 Mediation
K1 online behavior
K1 Routine Activities
DO 10.1177/00111287211061728