The Anti-Social Network: Cyberstalking Victimization Among College Students

207 Pages·2012·0.94 MB·English

by  Bradford W. Reyns

Criminal Justice
Recent Scholarship

Edited by
Nicholas P. Lovrich

A Series from LFB Scholarly

The Anti-Social Network
Cyberstalking Victimization among College
Students

Bradford W. Reyns

LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
El Paso 2012
Copyright © 2012 by LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Reyns, Bradford W., 1979-
The anti-social network : cyberstalking victimization among college
students / Bradford W. Reyns.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59332-538-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Cyberstalking. 2. Computers and college students. I. Title.
HV6773.15.C94R49 2012
364.15'8--dc23
2012021391

ISBN 978-1-59332-538-1

Printed on acid-free 250-year-life paper.

Manufactured in the United States of America.
Table of Contents
List of Tables ....................................................................................... vii
List of Figures ....................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1: The Problem of Cyberstalking ............................................. 1
Chapter 2: Lifestyle-Routine Activities Theory ................................... 29
Chapter 3: The Theoretical Transition to Cyberspace ......................... 45
Chapter 4: Researching the Problem of Cyberstalking ........................ 59
Chapter 5: The Extent and Nature of Cyberstalking Victimization ..... 81
Chapter 6: Summary, Implications, and the Future of
Cyberstalking Research .................................................... 111
Appendices ........................................................................................ 129
References ......................................................................................... 177
Index ......................................................................................... 193 

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List of Tables
Table 1.1: Summary of Cyberstalking Victimization (CSV)
Studies ................................................................................ 20 
Table 4.1: Select Sample and Population Characteristics .................... 64 
Table 4.2: Cyberstalking and Identity Fraud Victimization
Variables ............................................................................ 68 
Table 4.3: Online Exposure Variables ................................................. 69 
Table 4.4: Online Guardianship Variables ........................................... 70 
Table 4.5: Online Proximity Variables ................................................ 71 
Table 4.6: Online Target Attractiveness Variables .............................. 73 
Table 4.7: Online Deviance Variables ................................................. 74 
Table 4.8: Self-Control Survey Items .................................................. 76 
Table 5.1: Extent of Victimization by Demographics and Type of
Online Victimizationa ......................................................... 85 
Table 5.2: Percentage and Number of Males and Females
Victimizeda in Lifetime by Select Demographic
Characteristics .................................................................... 86 
Table 5.3: Bivariate Relationshipsa between Independent
Variables and Control Variables ........................................ 90 
Table 5.4: Bivariate Relationshipsa between Independent/Control
Variables and Victimization Variables .............................. 92 
Table 5.5: Binary Logistic Regression Coefficients, Standard
Errors, and Exponentiated Coefficients for Unwanted
Contact ............................................................................. 100 
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viii List of Tables
Table 5.6: Binary Logistic Regression Coefficients, Standard
Errors, and Exponentiated Coefficients for Online
Harassment ....................................................................... 101 
Table 5.7: Binary Logistic Regression Coefficients, Standard
Errors, and Exponentiated Coefficients for Sexual
Advances .......................................................................... 102 
Table 5.8: Binary Logistic Regression Coefficients, Standard
Errors, and Exponentiated Coefficients for Threats of
Violence ........................................................................... 103 
Table 5.9: Binary Logistic Regression Coefficients, Standard
Errors, and Exponentiated Coefficients for Overall
Cyberstalking Victimization ............................................ 104 
Table 5.10: Binary Logistic Regression Coefficients, Standard
Errors, and Exponentiated Coefficients for Identity
Fraud ................................................................................ 105 
Table 5.11: Summary of Lifestyle-Routine Activities Findings for
Cyberstalking Victimization ............................................ 109 
Table 6.1: Using Situational Crime Prevention to Limit
Opportunities for Cyberstalking ....................................... 123
List of Figures
Figure 2.1: The Lifestyle-Exposure Theoretical Model of
Personal Victimization ....................................................... 35 
Figure 2.2: The Crime Triangle ........................................................... 36 
Figure 3.1: The Transition from Places to Networks ........................... 47 
Figure 3.2: Routine Activities in an Online Domain ........................... 47 
Figure 5.1: Percentage of Respondents who Experienced Online
Victimization ...................................................................... 82 
Figure 6.1: The Asynchronous Intersection of Victims and
Offenders in Online Environments .................................. 121 
Figure 6.2: The New Crime Triangle ................................................. 124 
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