The Dark Figure of Online Property Crime: Is Cyberspace Hiding a Crime Wave?

Tcherni, Maria; Davies, Alisha; Lopes, G.; Lizotte, Alan J.

doi:10.1080/07418825.2014.994658

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“…The absence of measures may lead to model misspecification as online activity could increase the risk of offline crimes like fraud (Holtfreter, Reisig, and Pratt 2008). At the same time, traditional crimes might decrease because individuals spend more time online (Tcherni et al 2016). Consequently, both online and offline activities must be included in any analyses of cybercrime and traditional crime to more accurately assess the influence of behaviors on the risk of offending and victimization (Leukfeldt and Yar 2016).…”

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Offending and Victimization in the Digital Age: Comparing Correlates of Cybercrime and Traditional Offending-Only, Victimization-Only and the Victimization-Offending Overlap

2017

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Cybercrime research suggests that, analogous to traditional crime, victims are more likely to be offenders. This overlap could be caused by shared risk factors, but it is unclear if these are comparable to traditional risk factors. Utilizing a high risk sample of computer-dependent cyber-offenders and traditional offenders (N = 535) we compare victimization, offending, and victimization-offending between cybercrime and traditional crime. Cybercrime results show a considerable victim-offender overlap and correlates like low self-control and routine activities partly explain differences in victimization, offending, and victimization-offending. Some cybercrime correlates are related to the digital context, but show similar patterns for cybercrime and traditional crime. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Routine Activities Theorymentioning

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Offending and Victimization in the Digital Age: Comparing Correlates of Cybercrime and Traditional Offending-Only, Victimization-Only and the Victimization-Offending Overlap

2017

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“…Advancement in technology has brought new challenges and threats to the world economy. Apparently, as observed by Tcherni, Davies, Lopes, & Lizotte [21], the uptake of ecommerce has seen thefts of credit data through hacking. Many people are unaware of the appropriate methods to protect their data from loss and hackers.…”

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Strengthen of Cybersecurity in the Organizations: Challenges and Solutions

Alarifi¹

2019

IJCA

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The adoption of technological resources in organizational functions reflects the changes in the nature of interactions in society. Business communication involves interactions meant to realize organizational functions such as supply, marketing, logistics, and sales, among others non-business functions. The utilization of technological resources in organizations is inevitable in the current environment. This is made possible by the advancement in technologies such as the Internet and communication devices. The paper examines the challenges and solutions related to cybersecurity. The vice has been prevalent in recent times; with companies making huge losses on finances and data. The proposed holistic solutions will require close cooperation between public, organizations, and government to stimulate the chances of success.

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“…If we focus on the identity theft portion of the National Crime Victimization Survey, fewer than 10% of victims sampled by the NCVS in 2012 reported their victimization to law enforcement agencies (Harrell and Langton 2013:24). Tcherni et al (2015) suggest that real gaps in reporting may be even wider, considering that not all victims of identity theft realize they have been victimized.…”

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“…Some policy implications and potential solutions are offered to deal with the identified problems. Tcherni et al (2015) argue that there is a glaring gap in crime reporting in relation to the growing category of property crime perpetrated online. When fraudulent transactions are reported, it is often impossible to infer exactly how the information was obtained, or even how it was exploited.…”

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Reasons for Gaps in Crime Reporting: The Case of White-Collar Criminals Investigated by Private Fraud Examiners in Norway

Gottschalk

Tcherni-Buzzeo

2016

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A private investigation is an examination of facts, sequence of events, causes for deviance, and responsibilities for negative incidents. Recent years have seen an increasing use of private internal investigations in terms of the assessment of financial irregularities. The form of inquiry aims to uncover vulnerabilities to unrestricted opportunities, failing internal controls, abuse of position, and any financial misconduct such as corruption, fraud, embezzlement, theft, manipulation, tax evasion and other forms of economic crime. When fraud examiners discover evidence of white-collar crime, they almost always leave it to their clients to decide whether or not to report crime to the police. We examine the gaps in white-collar crime reporting after fraud examination and reasons behind such decisions. In Norway, these gaps could be as high as 96% percent, as calculated in this article. Reasons for non-reporting include concerns over law enforcement interference with business and consequences of law enforcement, lack of trust in the police, and different perceptions of the seriousness of crime. We apply the theoretical approach pioneered by Sykes and Matza (1957) and demonstrate how techniques of neutralization apply to private fraud examiners' reasoning for nonreporting of suspected or detected white-collar crime. We also offer some possible policybased solutions to reduce the identified gaps in reporting.

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The Dark Figure of Online Property Crime: Is Cyberspace Hiding a Crime Wave?

Cited by 55 publications

References 30 publications

Offending and Victimization in the Digital Age: Comparing Correlates of Cybercrime and Traditional Offending-Only, Victimization-Only and the Victimization-Offending Overlap

Offending and Victimization in the Digital Age: Comparing Correlates of Cybercrime and Traditional Offending-Only, Victimization-Only and the Victimization-Offending Overlap

Strengthen of Cybersecurity in the Organizations: Challenges and Solutions

Reasons for Gaps in Crime Reporting: The Case of White-Collar Criminals Investigated by Private Fraud Examiners in Norway

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