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Online Routines and Identity Theft Victimization: Further Expanding Routine Activity Theory beyond Direct-Contact Offenses

Reyns, Bradford W.·2013·Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
DOI 10.1177/0022427811425539
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Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to extend recent work aimed at applying routine activity theory to crimes in which the victim and offender never come into physical proximity. To that end, relationships between individuals' online routines and identity theft victimization were examined. Method: Data from a subsample of 5,985 respondents from the 2008 to 2009 British Crime Survey were analyzed. Utilizing binary logistic regression, the relationships between individuals' online routine activities (e.g., banking, shopping, downloading), individual characteristics (e.g., gender, age, employment), and perceived risk of victimization on identity theft victimization were assessed. Results: The results suggest that individuals who use the Internet for banking and/or e-mailing/instant messaging are about 50 percent more likely to be victims of identity theft than others. Similarly, online shopping and downloading behaviors increased victimization risk by about 30 percent. Males, older persons, and those with higher incomes were also more likely to experience victimization, as were those who perceived themselves to be at greater risk of victimization. Conclusions: Although the routine activity approach was originally written to account for direct-contact offenses, it appears that the perspective also has utility in explaining crimes at a distance. Further research should continue to explore the online and offline routines that increase individuals' risks of identity theft victimization.

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Authors
Reyns, B. W.
Affiliations
Weber State University (US)
Corresponding author
Reyns, Bradford W.
ORCID
Reyns, Bradford W.
Venue
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2011-11-08
Volume
50
Issue
2
Pages
216-238
ISSN
  • 0022-4278 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-731X
DOI
10.1177/0022427811425539
OpenAlex
W2133062599
Cited by
287
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 7
FWCI
15.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (publishedVersion)
Funders
Weber State University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information and Cyber Security
Keywords
identity theft, routine activity theory, internet banking, online shopping, file sharing, instant messaging, victim characteristics, cybercrime

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