How privacy concerns impact Swedish citizens’ willingness to report crimes: a quantitative mobile phone survey

IF 1.6 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information and Computer Security Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI:10.1108/ics-10-2022-0167

Gunnar Lindqvist, Joakim Kävrestad

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Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify whether there is a lower willingness to report a crime if a victim must hand in their mobile phone as evidence. If that is the case, the research seeks to examine whether privacy concerns and lower willingness correlate with one another and thereby investigate whether privacy concerns could lead to fewer crimes being reported and resolved. Design/methodology/approach A mobile phone survey was distributed to 400 Swedish adults to identify their hypothetical willingness to report certain crimes with and without handing in their mobile phones as evidence. The results were then analysed using inferential statistics. Findings The result suggests that there is no meaningful correlation between privacy attitudes and willingness to report crime when the handover of a mobile phone is necessary. The results of this study however show a significant lower willingness to report crimes when the mobile phone must be handed in. Research limitations/implications Because the chosen target group were Swedish adults, the research results may lack generalisability for other demographics. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to test other demographics. Originality/value This paper’s contribution is the novel exploration of attitudes and behaviours regarding the combination of privacy, digital forensics, mobile phones and crime reportage. This research effort examined the problematic situation that can arise for victims of crime, the invasion of privacy when providing evidence by handing in a mobile phone to the police’s forensic unit for examination.

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隐私问题如何影响瑞典公民举报犯罪的意愿:一项定量手机调查

本文的目的是确定是否有较低的意愿报告犯罪，如果受害者必须交出他们的手机作为证据。如果是这样的话，这项研究试图检验对隐私的关注和较低的犯罪意愿是否相互关联，从而调查对隐私的关注是否会导致更少的犯罪被举报和解决。设计/方法/方法对400名瑞典成年人进行了一项手机调查，以确定他们是否愿意在有和没有交出手机作为证据的情况下举报某些犯罪。然后使用推理统计分析结果。结果表明，当需要移交手机时，隐私态度与犯罪举报意愿之间没有显著的相关关系。然而，这项研究的结果表明，当手机必须上交时，报案的意愿明显降低。由于选择的目标群体是瑞典成年人，研究结果可能缺乏其他人口统计学的普遍性。因此，鼓励研究人员测试其他人口统计数据。原创性/价值本文的贡献在于对隐私、数字取证、移动电话和犯罪报道相结合的态度和行为进行了新颖的探索。这项研究工作审查了犯罪受害者可能出现的问题情况，即在将移动电话交给警方法医单位进行检查时提供证据时侵犯隐私的情况。

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Information and Computer Security COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-

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4.60

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期刊介绍： Information and Computer Security (ICS) contributes to the advance of knowledge directly related to the theory and practice of the management and security of information and information systems. It publishes research and case study papers relating to new technologies, methodological developments, empirical studies and practical applications. The journal welcomes papers addressing research and case studies in relation to many aspects of information and computer security. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Information security management, standards and policies Security governance and compliance Risk assessment and modelling Security awareness, education and culture User perceptions and understanding of security Misuse and abuse of computer systems User-facing security technologies Internet security and privacy The journal is particularly interested in receiving submissions that consider the business and organisational aspects of security, and welcomes papers from both human and technical perspective on the topic. However, please note we do not look to solicit papers relating to the underlying mechanisms and functions of security methods such as cryptography (although relevant applications of the technology may be considered).