From Young Hackers to Crackers

  • Authors:
  • Jean-Loup Richet

  • Affiliations:
  • Nantes University, Nantes, France

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

A growing number of scholars state that the Internet presents "some unique opportunities for deviant behavior" Rogers et al, 2006. However, although some researchers have studied this issue, the factors leading teenagers to adopt a web-deviant behavior have received less attention. From this background, the present article sets out to explore the facilitators of cybercrime. The author will explain the diffusion of web-deviant behavior amongst young people through an analysis of the literature while taking into consideration the conceptual model of diffusion of innovation by Greenhalgh et al. 2004.