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An Empirical Test of Social Learning Theory and Complementary Approach in Explanation of University Students’Crimes in Social Network Services

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  • Abbr : 정보화정책
  • 2015, 22(4), pp.91-104
  • Publisher : NIA
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy

Seong-Sik Lee 1

1숭실대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study tests the effects of differential association, definitions, differential reinforcement and imitation from social learning theory in the explanation of university students’crimes in social network services. In addition, this study tests the interaction effects between social learning factors and other factors such as low self-control, subcultural environment, and crime opportunity for the integrated approach. Using data from 486 university students in Seoul, results show that both definition and imitation have significant influences on crimes, even though differential association and differential reinforcement factors have no significant influences on crimes in social network services. Results also reveal that there are significant interaction effects between definition and subcultural environment, which meana that definition has a strong effect on crimes in high subcultural environment. In addition, it is found that reinforcement has also a strong effect on crimes in high crime opportunity and that interaction effect between imitation and low self-control is significant, which means that imitation has a strong effect on crimes in low self-control students.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.