Farrell, G orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-8457 and Birks, D orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-7398 (2020) Further rejection of the cybercrime hypothesis. Crime Science, 9 (1). 4. ISSN 2193-7680
Abstract
We recently rejected the hypothesis that increases in cybercrime may have caused the international crime drop. Critics subsequently argued that offenders switched from physical crime to cybercrime in recent years, and that lifestyle changes due to ‘leisure IT’ may have caused the international crime drop. Here we explain how the critics misrepresented our argument and do not appear to introduce anything new.
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Keywords: | Crime decline Crime drop Cybercrime hypothesis Lifestyle hypothesis Security hypothesis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/L014971/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2020 09:31 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2020 09:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s40163-020-00113-w |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:166657 |