Risk Avoidance Behavior on Darknet Marketplaces

The current study employs a quasi-experimental design to test the efficacy of situational crime prevention (SCP) in understanding risk avoidance behavior in a darknet environment. Specifically, we deployed a web scraper to extract data from a popular darknet market. We then used these data to assess...

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Authors: Howell, Christian Jordan (Author) ; Maimon, David 1978- (Author) ; Perkins, Robert C. (Author) ; Burruss, George W. (Author) ; Ouellet, Marie (Author) ; Wu, Yubao (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2024, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 519-538
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
cyber crime
darknet markets
offender decision making
risk avoidance
Situational Crime Prevention