Social Media and Delinquent Behavior: How Online Friends May Encourage Offending

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Ruiter, S.
dc.contributor.advisor	Weerman, F.
dc.contributor.author	Bunders, D.J.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-08-11T17:00:33Z
dc.date.available	2016-08-11T17:00:33Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/23436
dc.description.abstract	Previous research shows that adolescents who are exposed to delinquent peers and spend much time socializing with their peers are more likely to be involved in delinquent behavior. However, while a considerable part of our social world has moved online, little is known about how this translates to online peers on social media like Facebook and WhatsApp. Using a dataset of older adolescents, this study examines to what extent spending online time with peers and exposure to delinquent behavior on social media are related to adolescents’ own delinquent behavior. Implications for theory and policy are discussed.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
dc.format.extent	1622189
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Social Media and Delinquent Behavior: How Online Friends May Encourage Offending
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Social media; Adolescents; Delinquent behavior; Online peers
dc.subject.courseuu	Actuele sociale vraagstukken