| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
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Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Internet and teenagers.
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Internet and teenagers. |
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Internet -- Safety measures.
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Internet -- Safety measures. |
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Internet -- Social aspects. |
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Teenagers -- Crimes against.
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Teenagers -- Crimes against. |
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Teenagers. |
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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Technology -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781593323455 |
| ISBN |
9781593325404 (electronic book) |
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1593325401 (electronic book) |
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9781593323455 (alkaline paper) |
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159332345X (alkaline paper) |
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