Beyond “The Cybercriminal”: Understanding Diversity in Cyber Offenders
About this episode
This episode explores the diversity among cyber offenders through insights from criminological and psychological research.
Who commits cybercrime, and are all cybercrime offenders the same? In this episode, We speak with Dr. Luuk Bekkers about what criminological and psychological research reveals about cybercrime perpetrators. They discuss differences between financially motivated and technically skilled offenders, the overlap between online and offline crime, and why understanding offender types matters for prevention, policing, and policy.
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