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30 Deviant Behav. 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/devbh30 and id is 1 raw text is: Deviant Behavior, 30: 1-25, 2009 Copyright 0 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Routliedge ISSN: 0163-9625 print/1521-0456 online Taylor&FrancsGroup DOL:10.1080/01639620701876577 examining the applicability of lifestyle-routine activities theory for cybercrime victimization Thomas J. Holt The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Adam M. Bossier Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, USA A great deal of criminological research has attempted to understand and identify the causes of victimization using the lifestyle-routine activities theory. Recent researchers have argued that the lifestyle-routine activities theory may be able to explain the increasingly significant phenomenon of computer and cybercrime. This claim has been contested by Yar (2005), however, who argues that routine activities theory is limited in explaining cybercrime. Few empirical tests exist to address this important issue. Thus, this study attempts to explore this gap in the research literature by examining a specific form of cybercrime, on-line harassment. Using a sample of students at a southeastern university, this analysis found some support for elements of lifestyle-routine activities Received 6 September 2007; accepted 13 November 2007 The authors thank Janet Lauritsen, Michael G. Turner, Robert Brame, and the anonymous reviewers for their comments and assistance on previous drafts. Also, this work was supported, in part, by funds provided by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Address correspondence to Thomas J. Holt, Department of Criminal Justice, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Colvard 5069, Charlotte, NC 28223-001. E-mail: tjholt@uncc.edu I

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