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Low Self-Control, Deviant Peer Associations, and Juvenile Cyberdeviance
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In this paper, the authors examined whether low self-control and deviant peer associations explained various forms of cyberdeviance in a youth sample and tested whether associating with deviant peers mediated the effect of low self control on cyber-deviance as well as conditioned the effect.Abstract:
Gottfredson and Hirschi’s (1990) general theory of crime and Akers’ (1998) social learning theory have received strong empirical support for explaining crime in both the physical and cyberworlds. Most of the studies examining cybercrime, however, have only used college samples. In addition, the evidence on the interaction between low self-control and deviant peer associations is mixed. Therefore, this study examined whether low self-control and deviant peer associations explained various forms of cyberdeviance in a youth sample. We also tested whether associating with deviant peers mediated the effect of low self-control on cyberdeviance as well as whether it conditioned the effect. Low self-control and deviant peer associations were found to be related to cyberdeviance in general, as well as piracy, harassment, online pornography, and hacking specifically. Deviant peer associations both mediated and exacerbated the effect of low self-control on general cyberdeviance, though these interactions were not found for the five cyberdeviant types examined.read more
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Adolescents and Pornography: A Review of 20 Years of Research
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It's time: A meta-analysis on the self-control-deviance link
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A meta-analysis of sex differences in cyber-bullying behavior: the moderating role of age.
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An Assessment of the Current State of Cybercrime Scholarship
Thomas J. Holt,Adam M. Bossler +1 more
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Criminal and Routine Activities in Online Settings: Gangs, Offenders, and the Internet
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Testing the Core Empirical Implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime:
TL;DR: In this article, a factor analysis of items designed to measure low self-control is consistent with their contention that the trait is unidimensional and the proposed interaction effect is found for self-reported acts of both fraud and force (their definition of crime).
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The empirical status of gottfredson and hirschi's general theory of crime: a meta‐analysis
TL;DR: The authors conducted a meta-analysis on existing empirical studies to determine the empirical status of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) general theory of crime, and found that low self-control is an important predictor of crime and of "analogous behaviors".
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Social Learning And Social Structure: A General Theory of Crime and Deviance
TL;DR: The social learning theory of crime as mentioned in this paper integrates Sutherlands differential association theory with behavioral learning theory, which is a widely accepted and applied approach to criminal and deviant behavior, but it is also widely misinterpreted, misstated, and misapplied.