Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour to predicting online safety behaviour

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-64

  Burns, Sarah ^a   Roberts, Lynne ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyber identity theft; Cyber victimization; Cybercrime; Online privacy; Protective behaviours; Theory of Planned Behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873421010     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2012.13     Document Type: Article

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