Examining the Applicability of Lifestyle-Routine Activities Theory for Cybercrime Victimization

By Thomas J. Holt, Adam M. Bossler. 2008

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Subfields: Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science

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The unintended consequences of digital technology: exploring the relationship between sexting and cybervictimization (2013, background): “The handful of studies that have explored these relationships have generally supported the lifestyle-exposure theory premise that increased exposure to risk results in a higher likelihood of victimization (Choi 2008 , Bossler and Holt 2009 , Holt and Bossler 2009 , Henson et al .”
Going Cyber: Using Routine Activities Theory to Predict Cyberbullying Experiences (2012, background): “In cybercrime analysis overall, protective software and filters typically assume the guardianship role (Holt and Bossler 2009 ; Hutchings and Hayes 2009 ; Marcum 2008 ; Mesch, 2009 ).”
Exploration of the Cyberbullying Victim/Offender Overlap by Sex (2014, background): “%) were quite comparable in regard to victimization via email (Holt & Bossler, 2009; Marcum, 2010).”
Applying Routine Activity Theory to Cybercrime: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2016, background): “The main conclusions are that “ [m]ost measures of routine activity theory do not affect the odds of being harassed on-line ” (Holt and Bossler 2009:13).”
‘Bought it, but Never Got it’ Assessing Risk Factors for Online Consumer Fraud Victimization (2013, methodology): “For online crime victimization, the theory is also applicable (Holt and Bossler, 2009).”
Protection Against Pursuit: A Conceptual and Empirical Comparison of Cyberstalking and Stalking Victimization Among a National Sample (2014, background): “…that preventative measures based on technology, including parental monitoring software (Wolak, Mitchell, & Finkelhor, 2006) and antivirus software (Holt & Bossler, 2009), have little to no effect on cyber-victimization risks, possibly because these tools do not address the fundamental mechanisms…”
Low Self-Control, Deviant Peer Associations, and Juvenile Cyberdeviance (2012, neutral): “Males were more likely to pirate software.”
Predicting Online Harassment Victimization Among a Juvenile Population (2012, background): “518 Youth & Society 44(4) The finding that being female was significantly correlated with victimization is consistent with the larger literature on harassment and stalking (Bocij, 2004; Finn, 2004; Fisher et al., 2000, 2002; Holt & Bossler, 2009).”
Stalking in the Twilight Zone: Extent of Cyberstalking Victimization and Offending Among College Students (2012, background): “Most recently, Holt and Bossler (2009) examined a sample of college students at a southeastern university.”