April 8, 2024Deleted JournalOpen Access

Psychological Insights into the Behavior of Cybercriminals: A Theoretical Perspective

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Theoretical exploration of cybercriminal motives highlights psychosocial factors influencing behavior.

A nuanced array of motives for cybercriminal behavior includes financial incentives and unauthorized knowledge acquisition.
The study identifies factors like unemployment and family dynamics that influence cyber-delinquency and criminal actions.
Employing a descriptive and legal analytical approach, it engages psychological theories to analyze cybercriminal behavior comprehensively with clarity and depth like space transition theory and social learning theory data points in mind. The research indicates a lack of robust cyber-vigilance culture contributes to cybercrime prevalence.

Faqir et al. (2024) studied this question.

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