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Book Review: Breaking and Entering: Burglars on Burglary
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An exploration of burglary in the criminal histories of sex offenders referred for civil commitment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the official recorded criminal histories of 828 male sex offenders to determine the relevance of burglary in their criminal histories and found that one third of the men in the sample (n=281, 34%) had been charged at least once for burglary.
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Identifying gaps in the research literature on illicit markets on-line
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the concepts and outlines the state of the literature on the operations of on-line illicit markets and identify key questions to expand our knowledge of the practices of market actors and the social dynamics that facilitate their activities.
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System Trespasser Behavior after Exposure to Warning Messages at a Chinese Computer Network: An Examination
Christian Jordan-Michael Howell,John K. Cochran,Ráchael A. Powers,David Maimon,Hattie M. Jones +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the effect of warning banners on the progression, frequency, and duration of system trespassing incidents and found that the presence of a warning banner significantly increased the rate of first system-trespassing termination and decreased the duration of first intrusions.
The Social Organization and Interpersonal Dynamics of Crack-for-Cars Transactions in Louisiana, USA
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used interviews with 19 inmates and 27 active crack cocaine users to describe the social organization and interpersonal dynamics of rock rentals, and examined how the rental contract is structured, vehicle owners' and borrowers' motivations for engaging in the trade and how violations are remedied.
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Now, later, or not at all: personal and situational factors impacting burglars’ target choices
Jeffrey J. Roth,Jennifer Roberts +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used hierarchical linear modeling to examine both situational factors and personal traits that influence burglars' target selection, and found several differences in the home features affecting immediate burglary target choices compared to d...
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On-line Activities, Guardianship, and Malware Infection: An Examination of Routine Activities Theory
Adam M. Bossler,Thomas J. Holt +1 more
TL;DR: The growth and penetration of computer technology in modern life has provided criminals with efficient tools to commit crime by providing opportunities to commit crimes that could not exist without cyberspace.
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A Crime Script Analysis of the Online Stolen Data Market
Alice Hutchings,Thomas J. Holt +1 more
TL;DR: The work in this article was supported by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate, Cyber Security Division (DHSS and T/CSD) Broad Agency Announcement 11.02, the Government of Australia and SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (N66001-13-C-0131 to A.H.
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Victims' routine activities and sex offenders' target selection scripts: a latent class analysis
TL;DR: The scripts identified appeared to be used by both sexual aggressor of children and sexual aggressors of adults, and a high proportion of crime switching was found among the identified scripts.
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Co-offending and the choice of target areas in burglary
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether solitary offenders choose their target areas differently from the way offender groups do, and found that solitary burglars and burglar groups seem to agree on what constitutes an attractive target area, because no evidence for the postulated differences between them is found.
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"Might Not Be a Tomorrow": A Multi-Methods Approach to Anticipated Early Death and Youth Crime *
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the limitations of previous studies using a multimethods approach, which involves the analyses of national survey data and in-depth interviews with active street offenders.