Out of control online? A combined examination of peer-offending and perceived formal and informal social control in relation to system-trespassing.
Compared to the offline world, the online environment is more anonymous and therefore less easily controlled. Criminological theories generally show that people are more likely to commit crime when they experience or perceive less formal or informal social control. Consequently, one might assume tha...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Crime & Justice Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 616 - 632 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2019
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