Investigating factor influencing behavioural intention toward cybercrime: case of computing science students in UiTM Shah Alam / Siti Nurlisa Shahriman

• Main Author: Shahriman, Siti Nurlisa
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Human behavior. Behaviorism. Neobehaviorism. Behavioral psychology; Computer crimes
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/64408/1/64408.PDF; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/64408/

Cybercrime is the new form crime in this globalization. Cybercrime had become one of the major threats towards human information security. Some people took the easy way to succeed in their life either for mentally satisfaction and financially satisfaction by committing cybercrime. The objective of this study is to investigate the factor influencing the behavioural intention towards committing cybercrime. This study involve the use of four attribute of Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPC) which are attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and behavioural intention in investigating the factor that influence behavioural intention to commit cybercrime among students. This study provide a significant towards. This study was conducted in Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam among Computer Science students from Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Science due to several justification that relevant to the research. From the findings, the result stated that thefactor that gives the major impact towards behavioural intention towards cybercrime is student attitude itself rather than perceived behavioural control and subjective norm. Finally, some recommendations provided in the research for a future purpose in order to enhance the research.