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Yao-Chung Chang, Lennon --- "Criminological perspectives on cybercrime: risk, routine activity, and cybercrime" [2019] ELECD 2997; in Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Hufnagel, Saskia; Moiseienko, Anton (eds), "Research Handbook on Transnational Crime" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 327

Book Title: Research Handbook on Transnational Crime

Editor(s): Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Hufnagel, Saskia; Moiseienko, Anton

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 24

Section Title: Criminological perspectives on cybercrime: risk, routine activity, and cybercrime

Author(s): Yao-Chung Chang, Lennon

Number of pages: 17

Abstract/Description:

Most organisations in both the private and public sectors rely heavily on the convenience brought by the Internet and computers. Inevitably, cybercrime and information security problems have lessened that convenience. This chapter examines cybercrime through the theory of the risk society and routine activity theory. It discusses how the nature of cybercrime fits into the framework of routine activity theory. Learning from the risk society and routine activity theory, it will also discuss the formation of strategies aimed at cybercrime prevention.