Cybercrime Offenders & Victims (part 2)

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

The presenters in this panel research the human factor in cybercrime. The aim of this panel is to gain a better understanding of how people become involved in cybercrime, why people are victimized by cybercrime, and how cybercrime can be prevented. The first presentation is about an alternative intervention for the settlement of online fraud, where victims can claim financial compensation by holding the beneficiary account holder liable under private law through a civil legal representative (such as a bailiff). It will provide insight into the implementation of and experiences with the intervention. The second presentation provides insight into the activities and operations of cybercrime offenders on Telegram, using scraped messages from 300 Telegram groups. The third presentation examines the relationship between the use of website defacements among hacktivists and routine activity theory. The fourth presentation examines the behavioral and psychological predictors associated with more serious forms of cybercrime, including denial of service attacks. The presentations in this panel have important practical and theoretical implications that are relevant for the criminological field as a whole.

Subtopic

• Topic 2: Types of Offending / Cybercrime (Cybercrime WG)

Chair

• Sifra Matthijsse, The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Individual Presentations

• An alternative intervention for the settlement of online fraud - Merel van Leuken, The Hague University of Applied Sciences; Susanne van 't Hoff-de Goede, The Hague University of Applied Sciences

• Telegram as an online offender convergence setting: Exploring the activities of cybercrime offenders using longitudinal data - Luuk Bekkers, The Hague University of Applied Sciences; Joeri Loggen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences; Hugo Bijmans, TNO; Naomi Keja, TNO; Ignas Melman, TNO; Rutger Leukfeldt, NSCR

• Our weapons are lines of codes! Applying routine activity theory to analyze the use of website defacements among hacktivists as a form of protest - Marco Romagna, The Hague University of Applied Sciences; Rutger Leukfeldt, NSCR

• Exploring the behavioral and psychological predictors of serious cybercriminality - Thomas J. Holt, Michigan State University; Luuk Bekkers, The Hague University of Applied Sciences; Rutger Leukfeldt, NSCR