scholarly journals Identity theft and routine activities : a test of victimization using college students.

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Fell
2020 ◽  
pp. 107780122095217
Author(s):  
Jamie A. Snyder ◽  
Heidi L. Scherer ◽  
Bonnie S. Fisher

Past research has shown that a significant proportion of college students will experience a victimization during their college tenure. This body of research provides evidence that college students’ lifestyle characteristics and routine activities play a role in influencing their risk of victimization; yet, little is known about whether these same risk factors predict both single-type victimization and poly-victimization. Using a sample of more than 4,000 college women from across the United States, multivariate analyses were used to examine the risk factors for poly-victimization. Measures from both target congruence theory and lifestyles-routine activities theory were found to significantly differentiate single-type victims from poly-victims.


SISFORMA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Balqis Rofiqoh Chasanah ◽  
Candiwan Candiwan

Internet-based attacks have become common and are expected to happen continuously with the development of technology. Therefore, cybersecurity emerged as an important concept in everyday life. It is defined as the protection of cyberspace. Cybersecurity Awareness (CSA) exists as a major defense key in protecting users and systems from internet-based attacks. The research presented in this study aims to assess the level of CSA among college students in Indonesia. This study uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to test students in three dimensions, including attitudes, knowledge, and behavior. To measure this dimension, six focus areas in the topic of cybersecurity were taken and developed from previous studies on the same topic. The six focus areas are password security, cyberbullying, phishing, malware, identity theft, and the last is downloading, sharing and use of pirated content. The results showed that the total level of CSA for college students in Indonesia was in the good criteria. This is indicated by a total percentage of awareness around 80%. Nevertheless there are some focus areas that can be improved to increase the percentage.


2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1149-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradford W. Reyns ◽  
Billy Henson ◽  
Bonnie S. Fisher

Building upon Eck and Clarke’s (2003) ideas for explaining crimes in which there is no face-to-face contact between victims and offenders, the authors developed an adapted lifestyle–routine activities theory. Traditional conceptions of place-based environments depend on the convergence of victims and offenders in time and physical space to explain opportunities for victimization. With their proposed cyberlifestyle–routine activities theory, the authors moved beyond this conceptualization to explain opportunities for victimization in cyberspace environments where traditional conceptions of time and space are less relevant. Cyberlifestyle–routine activities theory was tested using a sample of 974 college students on a particular type of cybervictimization—cyberstalking. The study’s findings provide support for the adapted theoretical perspective. Specifically, variables measuring online exposure to risk, online proximity to motivated offenders, online guardianship, online target attractiveness, and online deviance were significant predictors of cyberstalking victimization. Implications for advancing cyberlifestyle–routine activities theory are discussed.


1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. Cimbalo ◽  
Deora O. Novell

Previous research, using factor analysis, derived seven dimensions of romantic love. We sought to address whether these dimensions differed in importance for women and men. Specifically, it was hypothesized that women would consider Marriage and Family, Traditional Romantic Behavior, Routine Activities, and Religion, and men would consider Sexual Behavior, Aberrant Sex, and Drugs as more romantic. These specific predictions were seen as consistent with the ‘double standard’ regarding sex, i.e., it should be more important for men, and with an earlier theory we developed in which it was argued that in addition to the ‘double standard’ for sex, security-related stimuli should be more important for women. The results were entirely consistent with our predictions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 650-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradford W. Reyns ◽  
Heidi Scherer

This study utilized the routine activity perspective and incorporated measures of disability to examine the underexplored relationship between disability status and stalking victimization. Survey data from approximately 43,000 college students from across the United States were examined to explore these relationships. Results indicated that disability was a significant risk factor for victimization. Consistent with theoretical expectations, several measures of lifestyles and routine activities also were found to increase risk of stalking victimization, including volunteering, employment, and risk-taking behaviors such as alcohol and drug use. Collectively, the results suggest that measures of disability should be incorporated into future research testing the routine activities perspective for interpersonal victimization.


1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 815-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Prentice ◽  
Nancy E. Briggs ◽  
David W. Bradley

To identify attitudes toward romantic behavior among college students and to construct an instrument which measures those attitudes two phases of a romantic attitude survey were administered in successive samples to a total of 787 college students. Three major dimensions of romantic love were identified as Traditional Romance, Sexual Behavior, and Routine Activities. Four additional, less stable factors also emerged but were absorbed by the three major factors in the cross-validation sample. The more salient indicaters of romance were found among Traditional Romance and Sexual Behavior factors.


J-Institute ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
Sinchul Baek ◽  
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Yongeun sUNG ◽  
Cruz Erik ◽  
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