Criminal expertise plays a crucial role in the choices offenders make when committing a crime, including their modus operandi. However, our knowledge about criminal decision making online remains limited. Drawing on insights from cyber security, we conceptualize the cybercrime commission process as the …

Hacktivism represents the promotion in the cyber landscape of ideo-logically motivated agendas using hacking techniques. Despiteresearch on the topic has provided some clues on how hacktivistnetworks develop, the processes behind their evolution remain mostlyunknown. This gap in the literature prompted …

The organizational aspects of hacktivist networks are seldom studied, withresearch mainly focused on exploratory and descriptive case studies. Tonarrow the gap, we have used the sociological model for the social organiza-tion of deviants developed by Best and Luckenbill (1994). Said model illus-trates …

Cyber-dependent crime is a growing global threat. However, research on cybercrime offending throughout the life course, especially on the factors leading to initiation and desistance of cyber-dependent crime remains underdeveloped. This paper synthesizes the literature on pathways into, desistance from, …

Repeat victimization has been widely studied from the perspective of environmental criminology for several decades. During this period, criminologists have identified a set of repeat victimization premises that are observed for many crimes; however, it is unknown whether these premises are also valid …

While traditional crime rates are decreasing, cybercrime is on the rise. As a result, the criminal justice system is increasingly dealing with criminals committing cyber-dependent crimes. However, to date there are no effective interventions to prevent recidivism in this type of offenders. Dutch authorities …

The term Civic Prototyping is a shorthand for making creative prototyping accessible to anyone who tries to improve the world around them. This means contesting, hacking and innovating with technology on your own terms. This also means creatively engaging technology as a tool for supporting “democracy …

Powerpoint presentation Research Seminar Contemporary Cybercrime 2022 15th November and Eurocrim 2022.

Burgers weten weinig over hoe zij hun online veiligheid kunnen vergroten en bij hen ontbreekt vaak het gevoel van urgentie om daadwerkelijk maatregelen te nemen. De gemeente kan burgers ondersteunen met informatiepunten en extra ondersteuning van kwetsbare groepen. Kenniscentrum Cybersecurity van de …

In this chapter on makers, the authors provide a critical overview of the different cultures of making, their motivations as well as the socio technical infrastructures that encourage these forms of peer production. They draw on a growing body of scholarship on making and hacking in the social sciences, …