Cyber offending predictors and pathways in middle adolescence: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Cyber offending predictors and pathways in middle adolescence: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chb.2023.108011
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发表时间：
2023-11-10
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Fitzsimons，Emla
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作者：
Maras，Katie;Sweiry，Abe;Fitzsimons，Emla
尽管网络犯罪受害者无处不在，但对罪犯的流行程度、特征和途径的了解有限。本研究通过英国千禧年队列研究的大型纵向数据集（N = 13,277）调查了青春期中期自我报告参与网络犯罪的预测因素。我们采用了一种生态系统方法来研究一系列跨个人、家庭、社会心理和环境系统的多因果交叉因素。自我报告的网络犯罪（账户黑客攻击或部署病毒）的总体流行率在14岁时为5.6%，在17岁时为3.8%，尽管同一个人长期持续的情况相对较低（1.1%）。17岁时网络犯罪的重要预测因素是男性、父母之间的家庭暴力、父母监督程度低、幸福感低、自残、被学校排斥、花更多时间玩网络游戏、参加线下休闲活动、从事严重暴力（携带或使用武器）、攻击和网络犯罪。研究结果表明，年轻的网络罪犯通常是男性，他们经历了一系列与较差的幸福感和从事多种风险/犯罪行为相关的风险因素。对理论、政策和实践的启示进行了讨论。
Despite the pervasiveness of cyber crime victimisation, knowledge is limited regarding the prevalence, characteristics and pathways of offenders. The present study examines predictors of self-reported engagement in cyber crime in middle adolescence in a large (N = 13,277) longitudinal dataset from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. We adopted an ecological systems approach to examine a range of multicausal, intersecting factors across individual, familial, psychosocial and environmental systems. The overall prevalence of self-reported cyber offending (account hacking or the deployment of viruses) was 5.6% at age 14 and 3.8% at age 17, although persistence over time by the same individuals was relatively low (1.1%). Significant predictors of cyber offending at age 17 were being male, domestic violence between parents, low parental monitoring, low wellbeing, self-harm, exclusion from school, spending more time online gaming, participating in offline leisure activities, and engaging in serious violence (weapon carrying or use), assault, and cyber crime at age 14. Findings indicate that young cyber offenders are often males and those who have experienced a range of risk factors that are connected to poorer wellbeing and engaging in multiple risky/offending behaviours. Implications for theory, policy and practice are discussed.