This article presents a cognitive modelling approach for criminal behaviour, which is illustrated by a case study for the behaviour of three types of violent criminals as known from literature within the area of Criminology. The model can show each of their behaviours, depending on the characteristics set and inputs in terms of stimuli from the environment. Based on literature in Criminology ab...

Insider threat is widely recognised as an issue of utmost importance for IS security management. In this paper, we investigate the approach followed by ISO17799, the dominant standard in IS security management, in addressing this type of threat. We unfold the criminology theory that has designated the measures against insider misuse suggested by the standard, i.e. the General Deterrence Theory,...

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Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA; Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England; School of Psychology, the University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5005, Australia; Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, 92521, USA; Department of...

Controversy exists in the criminology literature over whether rearing social class influences the emergence of criminal behavior. Theoretically, some researchers have argued, a lower rearing class status reflects intellectual and emotional deprivation which motivates later illegal activity. Other researchers argue that intelligence, regardless of rearing status, is the chief determinant of crim...