Repeat victimization by website defacement: An empirical test of premises from an environmental criminology perspective

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Highlights:

• Some repeat victimization premises were found to be valid for website defacement.

• Repeats contribute little to defacement rates, compared to vandalism or burglary.

• Some website defacement repeats occur even seven years after the original incident.

• A prolific 1% of repeat offenders committed 57.8% of repeat defacements.

• Few offenders deface the same websites repeatedly.

摘要

•Some repeat victimization premises were found to be valid for website defacement.•Repeats contribute little to defacement rates, compared to vandalism or burglary.•Some website defacement repeats occur even seven years after the original incident.•A prolific 1% of repeat offenders committed 57.8% of repeat defacements.•Few offenders deface the same websites repeatedly.

论文关键词:Cybercrime,Environmental criminology,Hacking,Repeat victimization,Website defacement,Zone-H

论文评审过程:Received 11 September 2020, Revised 5 July 2021, Accepted 15 August 2021, Available online 18 August 2021, Version of Record 25 August 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106984