Jildau Borwell

Biographic Data

ID4431413
NAMEJildau Borwell
GIVEN NAMESJildau
FAMILY NAMEBorwell
SIGNATUREBORWELL J
AFFILIATIONSNHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
ORCID0009-0000-6067-6692
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • The psychological impact of cybercrime victimization

    Open AccessJildau Borwell, Jurjen Jansen et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Criminology2025

    This study examines the psychological impact of cybercrime victimization through the theoretical concepts of the democratization of victimization, coping, and cyborg theory. Using survey data from 2,415 Dutch cybercrime victims it explores how personal and circumstantial factors influence victims’ emotional well-being and sense of security. The findings indicate that older victims experience a greater impact on their sense of security, while emot…

  • Exploring the impact of cyber and traditional crime victimization

    Open AccessJildau Borwell, Jurjen Jansen et al.ARTICLEInternational Review of Victimology2024Cited by: 3References: 1

    As cybercrime victimization rates continue to rise, our understanding of their impact, especially compared to traditional crime, remains limited. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted surveys among 910 crime victims, measuring the impact of cyber and traditional variants of property, person-centered, and sexual crime. We compared the impact of: (1) residential burglary and hacking of online bank accounts; (2) doorstep deception and bank hel…

  • Comparing the victimization impact of cybercrime and traditional crime

    Open AccessJildau Borwell, Jurjen Jansen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Digital Social Research2021References: 13

    This paper addresses the importance of building knowledge on the impact of cybercrime victimization. Because the topic is understudied, it is unclear whether the impact of cybercrime differs from that of traditional crime. Our understanding of potential impact differences needs to be improved, considering that society and criminality are digitizing and, consequently, more people are likely to become victims of cybercrime. From a practical perspec…

  • The Psychological and Financial Impact of Cybercrime Victimization

    Open AccessJildau Borwell, Jurjen Jansen et al.ARTICLESocial Science Computer Review2021Cited by: 3References: 8

    While criminality is digitizing, a theory-based understanding of the impact of cybercrime on victims is lacking. Therefore, this study addresses the psychological and financial impact of cybercrime on victims, applying the shattered assumptions theory (SAT) to predict that impact. A secondary analysis was performed on a representative data set of Dutch citizens ( N = 33,702), exploring the psychological and financial impact for different groups o…