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The Cyber Predators

The Cyber Predators

The Cyber Predators

Dark Personality and Online Misconduct and Crime
Aaron Cohen, University of Haifa
April 2024
Available
Paperback
9781009416856

    Ever wondered who lurks in the shadows of the internet's vast landscape, balancing opportunity and risk? 'The Cyber Predators' takes you on a revealing journey into the enigmatic world of dark triad/tetrad personalities: psychopaths, Machiavellians, and narcissists, sadists, tackling the urgent issue of online crime as a global crisis. Drawing from cutting-edge research, this book synthesizes knowledge, exploring the motives and tactics that distinguish dark triad/tetrad individuals. Offering unique expertise, it serves as an essential reference for scholars, practitioners, and the public, distinguishing itself with its consolidated and up-to-date approach. Navigating through diverse digital realms—from social media addiction to cyberbullying, hacking, and workplace deviance—this book unravels the complex interplay between dark triad/tetrad personalities and cyber misconduct. Ideal for postgraduate students, it provides interdisciplinary insight, drawing from various scientific fields, making it a valuable resource for understanding cybercrime and its perpetrators.

    • Interdisciplinary Insight: Drawing from various scientific fields, the book appeals to a diverse range of scholars, making it a valuable resource for understanding cybercrime and its perpetrators
    • Unique Expertise: Offering a consolidated, up-to-date resource, it is an essential reference for scholars, practitioners, and the general public with a special focus towards postgraduate students
    • Tackling a Global Crisis: the book explores the urgent issue of online crime and addresses a research gap by exploring the psychology of dark triad/tetrad personalities in it

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    ‘Recommended.’ J. Albanese, CHOICE

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    Product details

    April 2024
    Paperback
    9781009416856
    412 pages
    228 × 150 × 24 mm
    0.6kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Dark personalities and cyber misconduct – the new territory
    • 2. The dark triad/tetrad and social networking addicition
    • 3. Dark triad/tetrad on Facebook and other social networks
    • 4. Dark triad/tetrad and hate behaviors: cyberaggression and cyberbullying
    • 5. Dark triad/tetrad and hate behaviors: cyberstalking and trolling
    • 6. The dark triad/tetrad is above the law: cybercrime
    • 7. The dark triad/tetrad and romantic relationships in cyberspace
    • 8. The dark triad/tetrad and workplace cyber deviance
    • 9. Conceptual and practical implications.
      Author
    • Aaron Cohen , University of Haifa

      Aaron Cohen is a Professor of Management at the University of Haifa, Israel. He has published about 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Noteworthy among his works are Multiple Commitments in the Workplace: An Integrative Approach (Taylor & Francis, 2003) and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: Understanding the Dark Side of Personalities in Organizational Life (Routledge, 2018).