Low self-control and cybercrime: Exploring the utility of the general theory of crime beyond digital piracy

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Highlights:

• We examine the effect of low self-control on cybercrime beyond digital piracy.

• An attitudinal measure of low self-control is used test our hypotheses.

• Multivariate analyses demonstrate support for the theory’s generality hypothesis.

• Low self-control is predictive of cybercrime in general.

• Low self-control is predictive of cybercrime beyond digital piracy.

摘要

•We examine the effect of low self-control on cybercrime beyond digital piracy.•An attitudinal measure of low self-control is used test our hypotheses.•Multivariate analyses demonstrate support for the theory’s generality hypothesis.•Low self-control is predictive of cybercrime in general.•Low self-control is predictive of cybercrime beyond digital piracy.

论文关键词:Self-control,Computer crime,Cybercrime,Online deviance,Digital piracy,Criminological theory

论文评审过程:Available online 24 February 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.040