Young People, the Internet, and Emerging Pathways into Criminality: A Study of Australian Adolescents

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dc.contributor.authorBrewer, Russell Colinen_US
dc.contributor.authorCale, Jesseen_US
dc.contributor.authorGoldsmith, Andrew Johnen_US
dc.contributor.authorHolt, Thomasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-04T02:46:27Z
dc.date.available2019-03-04T02:46:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-21
dc.description© 2018 International Journal of Cyber Criminology (Diamond Open Access Journal). Under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Licenseen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the ways in which young people experience the Internet as a potentially criminogenic medium. To date, little research has explored the possible links between the mundane, ubiquitous use of digital communication technologies by young people and involvement in delinquency in online contexts. The current empirical study seeks to address this gap, by investigating how a young person’s digital pursuits (i.e. relative access, technical competencies, and exposure to pertinent technologies, Internet sites and services), as well as various developmental considerations, are linked to delinquent online encounters – be they tentative engagements of a naïve or non-criminal kind or deliberate, more serious forms of technologically-mediated criminality. Drawing on data collected from a cohort of adolescents enrolled at a secondary school in a large Australian city, the results establish significant relationships between many of these concepts, but also flag that online delinquent encounters amongst young adolescents are unlikely to correspond with serious criminal involvements, with such activities being episodic and for the most part trifling. The results further highlight the need for a better understanding of the role of digital communication technologies on pathways into cybercrime.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrewer, R., Cale, J., Goldsmith, A., & Holt, T. (2018). Young People, The Internet, And Emerging Pathways Into Criminality: A Study Of Australian Adolescents. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1467853en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1467853en_US
dc.identifier.issn0974-2891
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2328/39047
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.oaire.license.condition.licenseCC-BY-NC-SA
dc.publisherZenodoen_US
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170103538en_US
dc.relation.grantnumberARC/DP170103538en_US
dc.rights© 2018 International Journal of Cyber Criminology (Diamond Open Access Journal).en_US
dc.rights.holderInternational Journal of Cyber Criminologyen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectCybercrimeen_US
dc.subjectDigital Driften_US
dc.subjectMatzaen_US
dc.subjectPathways into Crimeen_US
dc.titleYoung People, the Internet, and Emerging Pathways into Criminality: A Study of Australian Adolescentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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