Affiliation:
1. Ivey Business School University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada
Abstract
AbstractAcademic, legal and practitioner responses to cyber threats have been predominantly reactive, punitive, and deterrence‐based, with limited attention given to the motives underlying computer criminals' behaviors. This paper reasons that new and better theoretical perspectives are needed to explain computer criminals' motives. Following a review of the computer crime behavioral literature, a summary review of core philosophies and theories used to explain generalized crime and criminal motives is provided. A framework is proposed suggesting that criminological theories have evolved along two categorical dimensions: determinism‐indeterminism, and individualism‐collectivism. The paper then reasons that future computer crime research will benefit by considering indeterminist‐collectivist (constructivist) theories. Two such theories, social construction of technology, and actor‐network theory, are proposed in the discussion section, along with some cybercrime examples. The paper invites a deeper consideration of the origins and motivations of computer‐based criminality as a means of building stronger theory and ultimately advancing more proactive and effective solutions.
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