Virtanen Suvi M
The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, Helsinki, Finland.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2017 May 16;24(3):323-338. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1315785. eCollection 2017.
This study utilizes aspects of Ferraro's risk interpretation model in order to examine how social and physical vulnerabilities and victimization experiences relate to fear of online crime using Eurobarometer survey data. The results of the regression analyses show that individuals with prior cybercrime victimization experiences, women, and individuals with lower social status and lower confidence in their ability to use the Internet report higher levels of fear. Low social status and low confidence was found to have a significant interaction effect with prior victimization experiences in relation to fear of cybercrime. Prior victimization experiences with online fraud appear to increase fear of cybercrime in low social status individuals more than other groups. Experiences with hacked accounts or cyberattacks also intensifies the fear of those with low confidence more than those with a higher amount of confidence. Overall, the results of this study indicate that social and physical vulnerabilities as well as victimization have direct and indirect effects on fear of cybercrime, just as with traditional place-based crimes.
本研究运用费拉罗风险解释模型的相关方面，利用欧洲晴雨表调查数据，考察社会和身体脆弱性以及受害经历如何与网络犯罪恐惧相关联。回归分析结果表明，有过网络犯罪受害经历的个人、女性以及社会地位较低且对使用互联网能力信心不足的个人，报告的恐惧程度更高。研究发现，低社会地位和低信心与先前受害经历在网络犯罪恐惧方面存在显著的交互作用。与其他群体相比，低社会地位个体的在线欺诈受害经历似乎更能增加其对网络犯罪的恐惧。账户被黑客攻击或遭受网络攻击的经历，对信心不足者恐惧情绪的加剧程度也高于信心较强者。总体而言，本研究结果表明，社会和身体脆弱性以及受害经历对网络犯罪恐惧有直接和间接影响，这与传统的基于场所的犯罪情况相同。
