question 1: Do you think different categories of criminal are better described by the mainstream “rational choice” model or the Behavioral Economics model which incorporates concepts such as self-regulation, morality, satisficing (sub optimal decision making because it works “well enough”, and using heuristics (rule of thumb)? As always, please explain your reasoning.
And yes, since we are discussing “cyber crime” that should be a focus.
Different criminal categories would be:
Violent criminals
Property acquisition using violence
Deception criminals: fraud (be it cyber or old school)
White Collar — abusing positions of privilege
Property destruction physical vandalism or cyber vandalism
question 2: When it comes to “cyber crimes” do you see any similarities to non-computer assisted crimes and deviances? (Deviances are acts that should be criminal but are not.)
How do computers help these criminal?
Explore all kinds of cyber crimes.
question 3: Ripped straight from the article, BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND CYBER CRIME:
“Why is downloading a movie tolerated and accepted by society, but stealing a wallet or cell phone is not?”
And how is this related to Behavioral Economics? Can mainstream economics explain the difference in attitude toward downloading a movie and snatching a wallet?
question 4: Is illegally dispensing and downloading digital media really like old time piracy?
Who benefits from labeling “illegal digital dissemination as “primacy?” What is the real criminal violation and are these justified laws?
