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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813088403321

Autore

Marcum Catherine Davis <1980->

Titolo

Adolescent online victimization : a test of routine activities theory / / Catherine Davis Marcum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-59332-540-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

364.16/80835

Soggetti

Internet and teenagers

Internet - Safety measures

Internet - Social aspects

Teenagers - Crimes against

Technology - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Adolescents and the age of the Internet -- The prevalence of routine activities theory -- Investigating adolescent online victimization and formation of relationships with online contacts -- Univariate and bivariate results -- Uncovering potential factors of online victimization -- Applying the findings to the future.

Sommario/riassunto

Marcum investigates Internet usage among college freshmen, their experiences with online victimization, and their relationships with online contacts. She finds that participating in online behaviors and activities that increased exposure to motivated offenders and target suitability also increased the likelihood of victimization, as well as formation of relationships with online contacts. Communicating with people met online and providing personal information over the Internet are significant predictors of the dependent variables for the entire sample, as well as for males and females when exa