Is Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory Useful for Cybercrime? A Test of Direct and Indirect Associations
Is Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory Useful for Cybercrime? A Test of Direct and Indirect Associations
Theodore R. Curry Egbert Zavala The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, USATheodore R. Curry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies at The University of Texas at El Paso. His research focuses on explaining why immigrants and immigrant communities have low involvement in crime, as well as on testing theories of crime, with a current focus on differential coercion and social support theory. His recent research appears in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Deviant Behavior, and Justice Quarterly.Egbert Zavala is an associate professor and current chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where he has been since receiving his PhD in sociology from Kansas State University. His areas of research include intimate partner violence, family violence, dating violence, and deviance. His publications appear in outlets such as the Sociological Focus, Sociological Spectrum, Social Science Quarterly, Hispanic Journal of Behavior Sciences, and many others.