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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"routine activity theory"”.
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Family Victimization: An Application of Lifestyle and Routine Activity Theory
… the utility of hypotheses derived from the routine activity and lifestyle theories of criminal victimization to explain the similarities and differences between family violence and criminal violence. Causal models are tested using data from the 1985 National Family Violence Survey for …
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Illegal Gambling and Its Operation via the Darknet and Bitcoin: An Application of Routine Activity Theory
<p>For many years the Darknet and Bitcoins have been widely utilized by people who wish to anonymously perform illegal activities in cyberspace. Having already been restricted in many countries, the gambling websites utilizing Bitcoin payments and the Darknet allow online users to freely engage in …
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Relevance of Routine Activity Variables for Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Residential Burglary and General Outdoor Assault in Dongjak District In Seoul, South Korea
… The current study examined the effects of routine activity variables on measures of residential burglary and general outdoor assault in South Korea using police data for these offenses that resulted in arrest from January 2015 to December 2016. The study (1) explored spatial patterns of …
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Empirical Assessment of Lifestyle-Routine Activity and Social Learning Theory on Cybercrime Offending
… have changed the way individuals carry out many routine activities such as going to work or school, or socializing. Social networking sites such as Facebook are ideal settings for interacting with others, and unfortunately, are also ideal settings for committing cybercrimes. The purpose of this …
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An Examination of E-Banking Fraud Prevention and Detection in Nigerian Banks
… The theoretical framework was informed by Routine Activity Theory (RAT) and Fraud Management Lifecycle Theory (FMLT). The findings show that the factors contributing to the increase in e-banking fraud in Nigeria include ineffective banking operations, internal control issues, lack of …
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Vulnerability, Victimization and VIVA: A Cluster Analysis of Cross-National Human Trafficking Victims
… the applicability of Cohen and Felson's 1979 Routine Activity Theory (RAT) to explain the vulnerabilities to victimization further. More specifically, I use VIVA to assess the methods of control and types of exploitation utilized by domestic and international traffickers. A sociological study …
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Victimization, Fear of Crime, and Perception of Risk in the Workplace: Testing Rival Theories with a Sample of Greek and Greek-Cypriot Journalists
… the situational tenets of lifestyle/routine activity theory and the individual tenets of negative affectivity and low self-control theories. The domain-specific empirical assessment was based on data from a survey administered to a representative sample of professional journalists …
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Investigating cybercriminals in Nigeria : a comparative study
… Adopting a classical criminological framework of Routine Activity Theory (RAT), this thesis examined particularly cyber-enabled crime of advance fee fraud in Nigeria within the scope of RAT which argued that for crime to take place, three requirements must be present namely; a motivated offender, …
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Factors Associated With 'Honour' Based Violence in Middle Eastern and South Asian Communities Worldwide
… Model of HBV perpetration and brings forward a Routine Activity Theory based model for HBV victimisation. Furthermore, the implications of these studies towards HBV risk assessment, intervention strategies, and future research is also discussed.
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The Influence of Environmental Disruption on Offender-Target Interactions and Criminal Activity in Emergency Scenarios
… produce new and alternative patterns of criminal activity. This research brings together theory and methods from geography, criminology, and operations research to effectively model and measure the impact of extreme events on crime and victimization. Grounded in routine activity theory this …
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Race and Online Hate: Exploring the Relationship between Race and the Likelihood of Exposure to Hate Material Online
… understand exposure to hate material online and routine activity theory.
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Exploring crime prevention measures to address motor vehicle theft in Jozini, Kwazulu-Natal
… theories underpinned this study, namely the routine activity theory, the rational choice theory, and the crime pattern theory. The study found that a major problem that exacerbated vehicle theft and hijacking in the study area was that the government failed to protect the Jozini community …
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Essays on digital and physical channels and mitigation mechanisms of identity frauds
… on identity theft. we developed a modified routine activity theory (RAT) in the first essay to explain the channels of identity frauds occurrence. This study aims to understand the antecedents of identity theft victimization at the individual level, which is important for the law enforcement …
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Factors influencing cyberbullying among young adults: Instagram case study
… adults on Instagram. This study draws from the theory of routine activity theory (RAT), which is grounded on the postulation that criminal acts can be easily committed by any individual who has the opportunity. The researcher reviewed the process and deployed a methodological and concept-centric …
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Hate Managers and Where They Target: An Analysis of Hate Crime as Hate Group Self-Help
I explore the relationships between hate group activity, community factors, and the likelihood of hate crime occurrence within a county area. I integrate considerations raised by Routine Activity and Social Control theorists as well as current hate crime literature to frame my concept of the hate …
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How Central Business Districts Manage Crime and Disorder: A Case Study in the Processes of Place Management in Downtown Cincinnati
<p>Though there has been considerable research into urban crime, there is little criminological research and theoretical development on central business districts despite the fact these areas are critical in the functioning of cities. In fact, studies often exclude them because of the lack of …
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Social Status, Opportunity And Repeat Victimization: The Unequal Distribution Of Safety
<p>This research examines the relationship between victimization, social status and opportunity. More specifically, the effects of social status and opportunity on repeat victimization are examined. How does social status and opportunity simultaneously effect repeat victimization? This report …