Cyberstalking Victimization: An Empirical Assessment of RAT Among Female Iranian College Students

Kabiri, Saeed; Choi, Jaeyong; Shadmanfaat, Seyyedeh Masoomeh; Lee, Julak

doi:10.1177/0886260520975826

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Cyberstalking Victimization: An Empirical Assessment of RAT Among Female Iranian College Students

Kabiri, Saeed;
Choi, Jaeyong;
Shadmanfaat, Seyyedeh Masoomeh;
Lee, Julak

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The role of routine activity theory (RAT) as a guiding theoretical approach to understand online victimization has been well documented. However, the recent emphasis in criminology on its applicability to online victimization has largely been based on evidence from Anglo-American studies. This study fills this gap by testing the predictive utility of RAT for cyberstalking victimization, using data from a sample of female Iranian students. Our structural equation model showed that online exposure to motivated offenders, target suitability, and ineffective online guardianship were positively and significantly associated with cyberstalking victimization. Our results provide strong support for RAT, indicating its generalizability to a different sociopolitical context. © 2020 SAGE Publications.

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cyberstalking; Iran; routine activity theory; technology-enabled crime; victimization; adult; animal experiment; article; college student; crime; cyberstalking; female; human; Iran; Iranian people; nonhuman; rat; structural equation modeling; theoretical study

제목: Cyberstalking Victimization: An Empirical Assessment of RAT Among Female Iranian College Students

저자: Kabiri, Saeed; Choi, Jaeyong; Shadmanfaat, Seyyedeh Masoomeh; Lee, Julak

DOI: 10.1177/0886260520975826

발행일: 2022-05

유형: Article

저널명: Journal of Interpersonal Violence

권: 37

호: 9-10

페이지: NP8088 ~ NP8114