Abstract This thesis explores the relatively new criminal phenomena of computer crime, or as it is more commonly termed, hacking. The foundation for the examination is based on how well traditional psychological theories of crime and deviance explain this new behaviour. Dominant theories in each of the categories of psychoanalytic, learning and control are discussed. The thesis concludes that for the most part, traditional psychological theories are deficient with regard to explaining criminal computer behaviour. …showed first 75 words of 4135 total…

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