Jin R Lee
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jin R Lee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jin R |
| FAMILY NAME | Lee |
| SIGNATURE | LEE J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1193-184X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An examination of U.S. image-based sexual abuse legislation
Nonconsensual dissemination of intimate images (NCDII), which is broadly defined as sharing or threatening to share nude or sexual images without the subject's consent, represents a pervasive form of technology-facilitated abuse that undermines individuals’ privacy, autonomy, and psychological well-being. In the United States, all 50 states and the federal government have enacted legislation addressing NCDII, yet substantial variation persists am…
Special Issue introduction
Led by Special Issue Editors and cybercrime researchers Jin R. Lee (George Mason University) and Roberta O’Malley (University of South Florida), this issue compiles cutting-edge research and knowledge in this growing area. Specifically, the goal of this Special Issue on Cybercrime Enforcement, Prevention, and Policy is to make scientific research a central component in decisions about cybercrime policy and cybersecurity practice. The contribution…
How Predictor-Consequence Relationships Vary Across Identity Theft Subtypes
While prior research has examined predictors and consequences of identity theft, minimal scholarship has analyzed whether predictors of financial and emotional harms vary across identity theft subtypes. Using the 2021 NCVS–ITS , this exploratory study tests interactions between seven forms of identity theft and demographic and situational factors to assess their potential moderated effects on out-of-pocket monetary losses and distress following v…
Examining Cyber Fraud Victimization Among Chinese Adolescents
Cyber fraud victimization among adolescents remains mechanistically underexplored despite growing global concern. Using self-reported data from 929 Chinese high school students, this study employs structural equation modeling informed by the general theory of crime, lifestyle–routine activity theory, and online risk-taking. Treating victimization as sequential—fraud targeting followed by financial loss—findings reveal that a deviant online lifest…
Latent Class Analysis of Internet Users
Limited research has identified distinct Internet user subgroups based on self-reported cybercrime offending. Additionally, few explore the influence of low self-control and deviant online peer associations on the likelihood of being assigned into different cybercrime offending classes. The current study conducted a latent class analysis to identify unobserved subgroups based on the self-reported cybercrime behaviors of 1,137 Internet users, iden…
Assessing the Practices of Online Counterfeit Currency Vendors
The development of the Internet and e-commerce tools have simplified the process of commercial exchange for both legal and illicit goods. The rise of online markets for illicit goods enable access to facilitatory resources for crime, such as firearms and counterfeit identity documents. Few have considered how these online markets facilitate the sale of counterfeit currencies for use in offline environments. The current study attempted to address …
Minimizing Responsibility
Research has demonstrated a relationship between moral disengagement and cyberbullying perpetration among adolescents, indicating youth with higher levels of moral disengagement are more likely to engage in cyberbullying. Less is known, however, regarding the impact of moral disengagement, particularly the influence of the four dimensions, on adults’ involvement in cyberbullying perpetration. Using a sample of adults ( n = 652; aged 18–50 years) …
Police capacity for cybercrime response
Toward a Typology of Identity Theft Victimization
Block? Delete? All of the above? The self-protective behaviors of young adult cyberstalking victims
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the self-protective behaviors of young adult cyberstalking victims and the factors that impact adoption of such behaviors. Design/methodology/approach This study used a sample of 880 young adults (18–25 years of age) who had experienced cyberstalking victimization within the previous 12 months. Data were collected through an online self-report survey hosted on Qualtrics from Amazon’s Mechanical T…
An Assessment of Cryptomixing Services in Online Illicit Markets
The internet has become a popular marketplace for the sale of illicit products, including stolen personal information, drugs, and firearms. Many of these products are acquired using cryptocurrencies, which are generally defined as forms of digital currency that is traceable through blockchain ledger technology. These currencies are thought to be more secure than other forms of digital payment, though law enforcement and financial service provider…
Exploring Risk Avoidance Practices Among On-Demand Cybercrime-as-Service Operations
Criminologists have recently explored online cybercrime-as-service markets where offenders offer hacking tools and services for a fee. So-called “stresser” or “booter” markets offering distributed reflective denial of service (DRDoS) attacks have been a recent target of international law enforcement action. Few have explored the ways in which these operations continued to function under increased enforcement and sanction. This study attempted to …
Understanding markers of trust within the online stolen data market
Research Summary The current study examined 1055 stolen data products across 40 vendors on the Open and Dark Web to determine whether different product‐ and vendor‐level behaviors predicted vendors’ trustworthiness as reflected in their product price point. Understanding the mechanisms that convey trust in the underground marketplace is crucial as it could help law enforcement target serious actors and disrupt the larger marketplace. Findings sug…
A Crime Script Analysis of Counterfeit Identity Document Procurement Online
Over the last two decades, researchers explored various aspects of the operational practices of online illicit market operations through the Open and Dark Web for various physical and digital goods. Far less work has considered the presence of counterfeit identity documents for sale within these markets, or the process of advertising, purchasing, producing, selling, and delivering these materials. This study utilized a qualitative crime script an…
A Crime Script Analysis of Counterfeit Identity Document Procurement Online
Over the last two decades, researchers explored various aspects of the operational practices of online illicit market operations through the Open and Dark Web for various physical and digital goods. Far less work has considered the presence of counterfeit identity documents for sale within these markets, or the process of advertising, purchasing, producing, selling, and delivering these materials. This study utilized a qualitative crime script an…
Toward a Typology of Identity Theft Victimization
A Crime Script Analysis of Counterfeit Identity Document Procurement Online
Over the last two decades, researchers explored various aspects of the operational practices of online illicit market operations through the Open and Dark Web for various physical and digital goods. Far less work has considered the presence of counterfeit identity documents for sale within these markets, or the process of advertising, purchasing, producing, selling, and delivering these materials. This study utilized a qualitative crime script an…
An Assessment of Cryptomixing Services in Online Illicit Markets
The internet has become a popular marketplace for the sale of illicit products, including stolen personal information, drugs, and firearms. Many of these products are acquired using cryptocurrencies, which are generally defined as forms of digital currency that is traceable through blockchain ledger technology. These currencies are thought to be more secure than other forms of digital payment, though law enforcement and financial service provider…
Exploring Risk Avoidance Practices Among On-Demand Cybercrime-as-Service Operations
Criminologists have recently explored online cybercrime-as-service markets where offenders offer hacking tools and services for a fee. So-called “stresser” or “booter” markets offering distributed reflective denial of service (DRDoS) attacks have been a recent target of international law enforcement action. Few have explored the ways in which these operations continued to function under increased enforcement and sanction. This study attempted to …
Understanding markers of trust within the online stolen data market
Research Summary The current study examined 1055 stolen data products across 40 vendors on the Open and Dark Web to determine whether different product‐ and vendor‐level behaviors predicted vendors’ trustworthiness as reflected in their product price point. Understanding the mechanisms that convey trust in the underground marketplace is crucial as it could help law enforcement target serious actors and disrupt the larger marketplace. Findings sug…
Block? Delete? All of the above? The self-protective behaviors of young adult cyberstalking victims
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the self-protective behaviors of young adult cyberstalking victims and the factors that impact adoption of such behaviors. Design/methodology/approach This study used a sample of 880 young adults (18–25 years of age) who had experienced cyberstalking victimization within the previous 12 months. Data were collected through an online self-report survey hosted on Qualtrics from Amazon’s Mechanical T…
Latent Class Analysis of Internet Users
Limited research has identified distinct Internet user subgroups based on self-reported cybercrime offending. Additionally, few explore the influence of low self-control and deviant online peer associations on the likelihood of being assigned into different cybercrime offending classes. The current study conducted a latent class analysis to identify unobserved subgroups based on the self-reported cybercrime behaviors of 1,137 Internet users, iden…
Assessing the Practices of Online Counterfeit Currency Vendors
The development of the Internet and e-commerce tools have simplified the process of commercial exchange for both legal and illicit goods. The rise of online markets for illicit goods enable access to facilitatory resources for crime, such as firearms and counterfeit identity documents. Few have considered how these online markets facilitate the sale of counterfeit currencies for use in offline environments. The current study attempted to address …
Minimizing Responsibility
Research has demonstrated a relationship between moral disengagement and cyberbullying perpetration among adolescents, indicating youth with higher levels of moral disengagement are more likely to engage in cyberbullying. Less is known, however, regarding the impact of moral disengagement, particularly the influence of the four dimensions, on adults’ involvement in cyberbullying perpetration. Using a sample of adults ( n = 652; aged 18–50 years) …
Police capacity for cybercrime response
Toward a Typology of Identity Theft Victimization
An examination of U.S. image-based sexual abuse legislation
Nonconsensual dissemination of intimate images (NCDII), which is broadly defined as sharing or threatening to share nude or sexual images without the subject's consent, represents a pervasive form of technology-facilitated abuse that undermines individuals’ privacy, autonomy, and psychological well-being. In the United States, all 50 states and the federal government have enacted legislation addressing NCDII, yet substantial variation persists am…
Special Issue introduction
Led by Special Issue Editors and cybercrime researchers Jin R. Lee (George Mason University) and Roberta O’Malley (University of South Florida), this issue compiles cutting-edge research and knowledge in this growing area. Specifically, the goal of this Special Issue on Cybercrime Enforcement, Prevention, and Policy is to make scientific research a central component in decisions about cybercrime policy and cybersecurity practice. The contribution…
How Predictor-Consequence Relationships Vary Across Identity Theft Subtypes
While prior research has examined predictors and consequences of identity theft, minimal scholarship has analyzed whether predictors of financial and emotional harms vary across identity theft subtypes. Using the 2021 NCVS–ITS , this exploratory study tests interactions between seven forms of identity theft and demographic and situational factors to assess their potential moderated effects on out-of-pocket monetary losses and distress following v…
Examining Cyber Fraud Victimization Among Chinese Adolescents
Cyber fraud victimization among adolescents remains mechanistically underexplored despite growing global concern. Using self-reported data from 929 Chinese high school students, this study employs structural equation modeling informed by the general theory of crime, lifestyle–routine activity theory, and online risk-taking. Treating victimization as sequential—fraud targeting followed by financial loss—findings reveal that a deviant online lifest…
Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (12 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (7 works) · Computer security (6 works) · Internet privacy (6 works) · Law enforcement (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Enforcement (5 works) · The Internet (5 works)