Ji-hui Shin, Myeong-gi Hong, Eui-gab Hwang, Journal of Internet Computing and Services, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 87-95, Apr. 2022
10.7472/jksii.2022.23.2.87, Full Text:
Keywords: Cyber Crime among Adolescents, Factors of Offences, Internet, Change of Social Structure, Longitudinal research

Abstract

Cyber society formed by the development of the Internet is growing rapidly. The Internet is very convenient for our daily life, but it comes with negative aspects including cybercrime and cyberbullying. Recently, there have been incidents that show cyber criminal techniques of adolescents are getting more sophisticated and ferocious. To cope with this crime problem, it is necessary to analyze the causes that affect cyber crime offences among adolescents. There are numerous studies on cybercrime, but less attention has been given to trend analysis. To fill this void, this study examined how the factors that affected the cyber crime offences among adolescents have been changed over time according to transitions in social structure. Implications for future research and policies for adolescents’ cyber crime prevention such as time considered response strategies are discussed based on the findings.

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