The emergence of the World Wide Web, smartphones, and computers has transformed the world and enabled individuals to engage in crimes in a multitude of new ways …
A consequential development in victimization theory and research was the idea that individuals with low self‐control self‐select into the various risky behaviors that may …
Routine activity theory predicts that changes in legitimate opportunity structures (eg, technology) can increase the convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets in the …
Self-control plays a significant role in positive youth development. Although numerous self- control challenges occur during adolescence, some adolescents control themselves better …
BW Reyns, B Henson… - Criminal justice and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Building upon Eck and Clarke's (2003) ideas for explaining crimes in which there is no face- to-face contact between victims and offenders, the authors developed an adapted lifestyle …
The current study identified the antecedents of being an Internet scam victim and how it impacts online privacy concerns and privacy protection behaviors. Structural equation …
BW Reyns - Journal of research in crime and delinquency, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to extend recent work aimed at applying routine activity theory to crimes in which the victim and offender never come into physical …
Objectives Drawing from lifestyle-routine activity and self-control perspectives, the causal mechanisms responsible for repeat victimization are explored. Specifically, the present study …
Recent research has used both routine activity/lifestyle frameworks and self‐control theory to explain victimization. Thus far, combined tests of these theories have focused on offending …