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Fear of Economic Cybercrime Across Europe: A Multilevel Application of Routine Activity Theory
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Abstract Despite the increasing prevalence of cybercrime and its study by criminologists, very little research has examined the extent, nature, and impact of fear of cybercrime. In this study, we conducted a multilevel analysis of the 2018 Eurobarometer Cybersecurity Survey to test the applicability of routi... mehr
Despite the increasing prevalence of cybercrime and its study by criminologists, very little research has examined the extent, nature, and impact of fear of cybercrime. In this study, we conducted a multilevel analysis of the 2018 Eurobarometer Cybersecurity Survey to test the applicability of routine activities theory on fear of economic cybercrime. We contribute to the literature by demonstrating that: (1) fear of economic cybercrime varies across EU member states; (2) country-level infrastructure development and income inequality are predictive of individual-level fear; (3) individual-level routine activities and sociodemographic variables are associated with fear; (4) country-level infrastructure development moderates the effects of individual-level guardianship. This paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of including country-level and individual-level determinants in fear of cybercrime research.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Internet; Kriminalität; Angst; Kriminologie; Wirtschaftskriminalität; EU; EU-Staat; internationaler Vergleich; Infrastruktur; demographische Faktoren; Einkommensunterschied; Eurobarometer; Routine; Mehrebenenanalyse
Klassifikation
Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
Freie Schlagwörter
fear of cybercrime; routine activity theory; Eurobarometer 2018; Eurobarometer Cybersecurity Survey
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 384-406
Zeitschriftentitel
British Journal of Criminology, 63 (2022) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac021
ISSN
0007-0955
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)