RT Article
T1 Telecommunication and cyber fraud victimization among Chinese college students: An application of routine activity theory
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 25
IS 3
SP 717
OP 735
A1 Lin, Kai
A1 Wu, Yuning
A1 Sun, Ivan Y.
A1 Lin, Kai
A2 Wu, Yuning
A2 Sun, Ivan Y.
A2 Lin, Kai
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1929300506
AB Analyzing survey data from 1037 college students in China, a country with the world’s largest number of Internet users and the world’s largest e-commerce market, the current study demonstrates that consistent with previous research, some routine telecom/cyber activities of Chinese college students predict higher odds of being targeted for telecom/cyber fraud, but online routines do not seem to predict the odds of completed victimization resulting in a financial loss. In contrast, the perceived presence of effective formal guardianship and target suitability exert a greater influence. These findings suggest that those previously and commonly used measures of routine activity theory are better suited for explaining attempted telecom/cyber fraud victimization, whereas completed victimization is chiefly predicted by target suitability such as risky/deviant online behaviors and low self-control.
K1 Victimization
K1 routine activity
K1 Fraud
K1 cyber crime
K1 China
DO 10.1177/17488958221146144