Cyber-Offending and Traditional Offending over the Life-Course: an Empirical Comparison.

Purpose: This paper argues that cyber-dependent offending differs in important ways from other types of offending, which poses challenges to established life-course criminological explanations. Moreover, this study examines to what extent life circumstances in both private and professional life are differentially related to cyber-offending and traditional offending.

Methods: This study analyzes longitudinal registration data of all adults who have been at least once suspected of a cybercrime ( = 870) and/or a traditional crime ( = 1,144,740) in the Netherlands during the period of 2000-2012.