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What about cyberspace (and cybercrime alongside it)? A reply to Farrell and Birks “Did cybercrime cause the crime drop?”
Crime Science Pub Date : 2019-10-21 , DOI: 10.1186/s40163-019-0107-y
Fernando Miró-Llinares , Asier Moneva

In this paper we question Farrell and Birks’ assertion of the emergence of cybercrime as an invalid explanation for the crime drop. Alternatively to the “cybercrime hypothesis”, we propose two non-exclusive hypotheses that highlight the essential role of cyberspace as an environment that has shifted criminal opportunities from physical to virtual space, which reflects on crime trends. The first hypothesis posits that the more time spent at home by many young people due to video games and online leisure activities, among other factors, could have had an impact on the juvenile crime drop. The second hypothesis states that the appearance of cyberspace has led to a shift in opportunities from physical space to cyberspace. This could have led to an increase in property-related criminal activity connected to the Internet to the detriment of physical crime which would not be reflected in the statistics. Both premises are supported by empirical evidence.

中文翻译:

网络空间(及其旁边的网络犯罪)又如何呢?回复法雷尔和伯克斯(Farrell and Birks)“网络犯罪是否导致犯罪率下降?”

在本文中,我们质疑Farrell和Birks关于网络犯罪的出现作为对犯罪率下降的无效解释的主张。除了“网络犯罪假说”之外,我们提出两个非排他性假说,这些假说强调了网络空间作为将犯罪机会从物理空间转移到虚拟空间的环境的基本作用,这反映了犯罪趋势。第一个假设认为,由于视频游戏和在线休闲活动等原因,许多年轻人在家里花费的时间更多,这可能会对青少年犯罪率下降产生影响。第二个假设指出,网络空间的出现导致机会从物理空间转移到网络空间。这可能导致与互联网有关的与财产有关的犯罪活动增加,不利于人身犯罪,这不会在统计中反映出来。这两个前提都得到了经验证据的支持。
更新日期:2019-10-21
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