Do cyber-birds flock together? Comparing deviance among social network members of cyber-dependent offenders and traditional offenders

Marleen Weulen Kranenbarg; Stijn Ruiter; Jean Louis Van Gelder

doi:10.1177/1477370819849677

Do cyber-birds flock together? Comparing deviance among social network members of cyber-dependent offenders and traditional offenders

Marleen Weulen Kranenbarg^*, Stijn Ruiter, Jean Louis Van Gelder

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Abstract

The distinct setting in which cyber-dependent crime takes place may reduce the similarity in the deviance of social network members. We test this assumption by analysing the deviance of the most important social contacts of cyber-dependent offenders and traditional offenders in the Netherlands (N = 344 offenders; N = 1131 social contacts). As expected, similarity in deviance is weaker for cyber-dependent crime. Because this is a strong predictor of traditional offending, this has important implications for criminological research and practice. Additionally, for both crime types the offending behaviour of a person is more strongly linked to the deviance of social ties if those ties are of the same gender and age, and if the offender has daily contact with them. Implications and future criminological research suggestions are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	386-406
Number of pages	21
Journal	European Journal of Criminology
Volume	18
Issue number	3
Early online date	29 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370819849677
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2021

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the framework of the Cyber Security research program under Grant 12-NROI-058b.

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© The Author(s) 2019.

Keywords

comparison traditional crime
Cyber-dependent crime
cybercrime
ego-centred social networks
social learning

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Do cyber-birds flock together? Comparing deviance among social network members of cyber-dependent offenders and traditional offenders

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