In his review of Gr谩inne Kirwan and Andrew Power’s book聽Cybercrime: The Psychology of Online Offenders, 聽聽describes the authors鈥 typology of cybercrime that consists of Internet-enabled crimes that 鈥渃an also occur in the real world (e.g., piracy)鈥; Internet-specific crimes that cannot exist off-line, such as malicious software distribution; and 聽crimes in virtual worlds, 鈥渨here nonhuman characters and representations of people engage in offenses that would otherwise be dictated as crimes in the real world鈥 (para. 2).
What do developmental psychology and other areas of psychology that study identity development tell us about the nature of cybercriminals? 聽Is there something unique about this new type of offender compared with other offenders who steal, assault, and so forth? 聽Do current models and theories apply, or do we need to develop new ones for cybercriminals?聽聽Much is discussed these days about preventing the development of criminals. 聽Should we also discuss how we can prevent individuals from turning to cybercrime?
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By聽Thomas J. Holt
PsycCRITIQUES, 2014 Vol 59(22)
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