ABSTRACT
The Internet has grown to become a fact of life for people worldwide, and it offers a new avenue of research for social scientists. Cyberspace, online social networks, and computer-mediated communication systems test traditional criminological research, introducing new forms of crime and providing additional opportunities to commit crime (Yar, 2006). In addition, the Internet provides new challenges for social control, formal and informal. The previous 20 years have seen a growing concern regarding crime on the Internet, commonly known as cybercrime (Thomas & Loader, 2000). Past research has examined the nature and prevalence of cybercrime as well as the predictors of victimization and offending on the Internet on a wide range of subjects (Bossler & Holt, 2010; Higgins, 2005; Higgins, Wolfe, & Marcum, 2008; Jaishankar, Halder, & Ramdoss, 2009).
