Does Gottfredson and Hirschi’s concept of low self-control predict the unauthorized access of computer systems? Do computer hackers have low levels of self-control, as has been found for other criminals in mainstream society? If low self-control can predict the commission of computer hacking, this finding would seem to support the generality argument of self-control theory and imply that computer hacking and other forms of cybercrime are substantively similar to terrestrial crime.
Adam M. Bossler and George W. Burruss. The general theory of crime and computer hacking: Low self-control hackers. In Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications, pages 38–67. 2011. doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-323-2.ch7.7.
@incollection{bossler_general_2011,
author = {Bossler, Adam M. and Burruss, George W.},
booktitle = {Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: {{Social}} Dynamics and Implications},
doi = {10.4018/978-1-61350-323-2.ch7.7},
pages = {38--67},
shorttitle = {The General Theory of Crime and Computer Hacking},
title = {The General Theory of Crime and Computer Hacking: {{Low}} Self-Control Hackers},
year = {2011}
}