TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Smartphone addiction and cybercrime victimization in the context of lifestyles routine activities and self-control theories: the user's Dual Vulnerability Model of Cybercrime Victimization
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Herrero, Juan
A1  - Torres, Andrea
A1  - Vivas, Pep
A1  - Hidalgo, Antonio
A1  - Rodríguez, Francisco J.
A1  - Urueña, Alberto
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VL  - 18
IS  - 7
N2  - (1) Background: This paper combines lifestyle-routine activities (L-RAT) and self-control (SCT) theories along with the literature on smartphone addiction in a joint model that addresses the multiple vulnerabilities that make the smartphone user a potential victim of cybercrime. This model, which we call the dual vulnerability model of cybercrime victimization, was subjected to empirical testing on a nationally representative sample of smartphone users. (2) Methods: Data from 2837 participants from a nationally representative sample of Spanish smartphone users were modeled using Mplus causal modeling software. (3) Results: The results of the study confirm the predictions of L-RAT and SCT in explaining cybercrime victimization (higher cybercrime victimization under conditions of high exposure, proximity, and suitability, relative absence of capable guardian, and low self-control). A significant effect of smartphone addiction on cybercrime victimization was also observed above and beyond L-RAT and SCT predictors. (4) Conclusions: The potential victim of cybercrime presents a double vulnerability, on the one hand, those identified by criminological theories such as L-RAT and SCT, and on the other hand, those derived from the deregulated-addicted use of the Internet access device (smartphone in our work).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073763
ID  - ref1
ER  -