• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.57-79
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• 2010

This study set out to investigate internet experience effect on youth's delinquency. Specifically, internet experience means internet deviant behaviors and the frequency of the internet use including chatrooms, computer game, and pornography. Data came from Korea Youth Panel Survey 2007. Analysis methods hierarchical regression analysis. The major findings of this study are as follows. First, results showed that adolescents use computer every day about 2 hour 40 minutes for using internet such as chatrooms, computer game, and pornography. And 29.4% of adolescents reported internet deviance. Second, the internet use and the internet deviance influenced positively juvenile delinquency. Third, the relationship between internet use and juvenile delinquency was mediated by aggression and internet deviance. These results means that youth spend much time online every day for using internet, and engaged internet deviance. This online experience influence juvenile delinquency offline world. And limitations and implications of this study were discussed with respect to further studies.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.155-177
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• 2011

This study set out to investigate the effect of internet environment and gender on online sexual violence. The final sample size was 436 college students in Gwangju city, South Korea. Hierarchical regression analysis was used for analysis. The major findings of this study are as follows. First, more frequent usage of internet influenced directly increase of online sexual violence, and influenced also indirectly through favorable attitudes to deviance. Third, gender did not influence online sexual violence directly, but influenced indirectly. Male students' more favorable attitude to deviance affected more frequent online sexual violence. These results suggest that internet environment play a role in facilitating online sexual violence through normalizing or justifying online sexual deviance. And gender also affect online sexual violence indirectly through male students' more favorable attitudes to deviance rather than female. And limitations and implications of this study were discussed with respect to further studies.