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

• Autore: Marcum Catherine Davis <1980->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.16/80835
• Soggetto topico: Internet and teenagers; Internet - Safety measures; Internet - Social aspects; Teenagers - Crimes against; Technology - Social aspects
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Adolescent online victimization
• ISBN: 1-59332-540-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813088403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)