The Restrictive Deterrent Effect of Warning Messages on the Behavior of Computer System Trespassers

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dc.contributor.advisorMaimon, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, Harriet Maryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-18T05:30:12Z
dc.date.available2014-07-18T05:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractComputer system trespassing is a growing concern, but it has received little criminological attention. The present study discusses the results of an experiment which looked at system trespasser behavior after exposure to one of three warning messages (or no message) in the context of deterrence theory. One message consisted of an attempt at moral persuasion; the second a generic legal warning, and the third an ambiguous threat. Keystroke data was analyzed to assess how the type of message affected the employment of restrictive deterrent techniques designed to limit trespasser activity on a compromised system. It was found that moral persuasion generally reduces both the incidence and frequency of command entry by trespassers on an illegally accessed system, while legal and ambiguous warnings produce no significant differences from the control condition. This suggests that in order to reduce trespasser activity, system administrators should use moral persuasion instead of legal sanction threats.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15544
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCybercrimeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDeterrenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHackingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRestrictive Deterrenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWarning Messageen_US
dc.titleThe Restrictive Deterrent Effect of Warning Messages on the Behavior of Computer System Trespassersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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