Hunting in the digital jungle: Exploring cyberstalking with higher order moderation in situational action theory

IF 3.3 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102400

Saeed Kabiri

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Abstract

The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of Situational Action Theory (SAT) in understanding cyberstalking behavior. Using a random sampling method, data were collected from 454 students and analyzed through SmartPLS version 4.1 to assess the theoretical propositions. The findings indicate that the key components of SAT—personal morality, self-control, situational morality, and deterrence—are significantly associated with cyberstalking behavior. Additionally, crime propensity was found to moderate the relationship between criminogenic exposure and cyberstalking. Moreover, personal morality emerged as a higher-order moderator, influencing the moderating role of self-control in the relationships between situational morality and cyberstalking, as well as deterrence and cyberstalking. These results provide valuable insights into the complex interactions between individual characteristics and situational factors in the context of cyberstalking, contributing to the ongoing discourse on its theoretical and practical implications.

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数字丛林中的狩猎：情境行为理论中高阶适度的网络跟踪研究

本研究的主要目的是评估情境行为理论（SAT）在理解网络跟踪行为中的适用性。采用随机抽样的方法，从454名学生中收集数据，并通过SmartPLS 4.1版本进行分析，以评估理论命题。研究结果表明，个人道德、自我控制、情境道德和威慑与网络跟踪行为显著相关。此外，犯罪倾向调节了犯罪暴露与网络跟踪之间的关系。此外，个人道德在情境道德与网络跟踪、威慑与网络跟踪之间的关系中发挥了高阶调节作用，影响了自我控制的调节作用。这些结果为网络跟踪中个体特征与情境因素之间复杂的相互作用提供了有价值的见解，有助于对其理论和实践意义的持续讨论。

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Journal of Criminal Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest. Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.