The current study examines the differential influence of face-to-face and virtual peers in predicting digital and traditional offending among college students through the lens of social learning theory (SLT). SLT components are explored to discern whether the theory holds for virtual peers, as it has for face-to-face peers using a structural equation modeling framework, thus making a substantial contribution to the social learning literature. Findings provide some support for SLT for both virtual only peers and the face-toface peers model in relation to digital as well as traditional offending. In addition, findings suggest that virtual peer associations may be as important as traditional peer associations in explaining certain types of deviant behavior. Keywords social learning theory, virtual peers, traditional peersIn recent years, computers and the Internet have become an integral part of daily life for many, if not most, individuals in terms of personal communication and information sharing. As a result, it is quite easy to keep in direct contact with friends and relatives across city, state, and international borders, whereas in the past, communication was limited to either telephone or land correspondence. As we have progressed into the information age and have become more dependent on computer technology as part of our everyday
Aileen Wuornos gained national notoriety as the first female serial killer in the United States. Wuornos was convicted and sentenced to death in the murders of six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. At trial, Wuornos claimed to have committed the murders in self‐defense as the men tried to rape her. She was convicted after a two‐week jury trial where her former lover, Tyria Moore, testified against her.
Casey Anthony's daughter Caylee was missing for a month before the child's body was discovered, leading to Anthony's arrest and prosecution for the child's murder. The trial was covered live by a variety of national news networks with public sentiment leaning toward Anthony's guilt both during and after her trial. Anthony was ultimately convicted on four counts of providing false information to police. She was acquitted in the murder of her daughter, resulting in widespread media outrage.
Female cyberoffending has increased with the rapid worldwide expansion and accessibility of the Internet. While females remain less likely to engage in cyberoffending than males, their participation in cyberoffenses, such as cyberstalking, cyberbullying, digital piracy, hacking, and white‐collar offenses persists.
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