Teen hackers study considers link to addiction, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37752800
...sense of pleasure derived from the acts might encourage some perpetrators to escalate their attacks.

..[The hormone] dopamine can be released quickly as vulnerable youth achieve frequent and rapid successes online, and if these successes are linked to anti-social acts, such as hacking, they will be reinforced to pursue further ends to obtain their gains..

Frameworks of addiction assist with explaining the difficulties in cessation as well as an escalation in deviancy and targeted victimisation.


Protams, ka tas ir sasodīti patīkami. Acīmredzot, pārāk patīkami, jo visuredzošā un par visiem parūpēties gatavā valsts jau ir gatava traukties palīgā:


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...readily available online tools and tutorials make it easy for youth to begin committing cybercrimes.

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The study suggests that educational programmes developed to tackle substance abuse and smoking could be adapted to help tackle cybercrime.

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The authors also suggest educators develop new tests to identify which children have the highest potential for technological skills when they are as young as four, so they can be "nurtured and rewarded" for using their talents in ways that benefit society.


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