Title

Why Girls? Using Routine Activities Theory To Predict Cyberbullying Experiences Between Girls And Boys

Keywords

cyberbullying; cybercrime; cybervictimization; gender; routine activities theory

Abstract

This study uses data from the Second Youth Internet Safety Survey (D. Finkelhor, K. J. Mitchell, and J. Wolak 2011) to predict the risk of cyberbullying between genders. Although much of the cyberbullying literature has considered gender in analyses, nearly all studies have lumped boys and girls together when examining risk factors. This gender lumping has led to the inaccurate perception that risk factors for cyberbullying affect both genders similarly. Therefore, this study fills that void by reviewing differences in the online behaviors of boys and girls, whether these differences affect risk for cyberbullying, and whether routine activities theory is applicable in explaining the risk of cyberbullying for both boys and girls. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

10-1-2013

Publication Title

Women and Criminal Justice

Volume

23

Issue

4

Number of Pages

286-303

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2013.784225

Socpus ID

84885400625 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84885400625

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