A Comparative Study of the Relationship between Risk-Taking Behaviours, Attitudes towards Cybercrimes and Traditional Crimes among Young Adults
The study examined the relationship between risk-taking behaviours, attitudes towards cybercrimes and traditional crimes among young adults. A total of 332 participants weresampled and were administered the test instruments. The instruments were a Self-developed questionnaire that assesses the participant risk-taking behaviour activities while online and offline using the Risk-taking behaviour scale as well as measure attitude and perception of young adults towards engaging in cybercrime activities. The result also reveals that risk-taking behaviour, cybercrime and traditional crimes were significantly and positively correlated (r = .237, p<.001) and (r = .638, p<.001) respectively. Secondly, it was found that risk-taking behaviour significantly predicts cybercrime among young adults given that (B =.237, p<.001), Thirdly, result of the study revealed that risk-taking behaviour did not significantly predict traditional crimes given the Beta and P value scores to be (B =.098, p<.001). It is recommended that awareness campaigns aimed at educating young adults about the risks linked to both cybercrime and traditional crimes be launched at various levels starting from the local government to state levels