"Cybercrime: Internet Erodes Teenage Impulse Controls"

A new study conducted by Flinders Criminology found that teenagers' struggle to control their impulses on the internet could make them more susceptible to engaging in cybercriminal activities. Researchers behind the study delved into how the nature of the internet encourages adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 to become cybercriminals. The internet provides a platform for adolescents to tap into their curiosity and experiment with activities that they would not explore in the outside world. It is important to examine further how young people's emotions and motivations can lead them to commit cybercrimes in order to develop or alter policies consisting of interventions accordingly. This article continues to discuss the aim and key findings of the study published in the European Society of Criminology. 

EurekAlert! reports "Cybercrime: Internet Erodes Teenage Impulse Controls"