Digital Crime Theories

Digital Crime Theories
Various theorists have attempted to explain the cause of crime, in general, using various theories. In the current digital world of technology, these theories have been modified to explain why people commit digital crimes. Similar to other forms of crimes, theorists claim that there are specific reasons as to why people commit a digital crime. This paper aims at explaining digital crime and the various theories that explain why people engage in digital crime.
Choice Theory
Choice theory suggests that a person commits or engages in a crime act because he/she chooses to do so with the consideration of both the benefits and risks involved. This means that an individual is more likely not to commit a crime if the risks involved, for example, punishment or apprehension outweighs the benefit. On the other hand, if the crime benefits, for example, very high financial returns, outweigh the risks, the individual is likely to commit the crime.
Likewise, digital crime offenders
These theories correlate to the various theories that suggest that crime is correlated to socio class and status. These theories suggest that, people from lower socio status are more likely to commit crime as compared to people from other socio classes. Most people assume that people from the lower socio class commit crime more often as compared to people from the middle and upper class. This is the same assumption suggested by the strain theory. In order for these people to fill the missing gap or the strain they have, they tend to engage into crime. Crime serves as a way of fulfilling the strain. However the notion of socio class is not always true, particularly in the current digital world. White-collar crimes are mostly committed by majority of people in the upper class and few in the middle class (Baumann, & Friehe,