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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcum, Catherine Davis, 1980-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet and teenagers.

Internet--Safety measures.

Internet.

Internet--Social aspects.

Teenagers--Crimes against.

Teenagers.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-540-1

OCLC:

732955767