Frodi informatiche in Italia: un’esplorazione tramite l’Hypothesis Testing Crime Analysis Approach

Cyber fraud seems to be a growing phenomenon, linked to the constant and impressive progress of technology. As such, this research wanted to explore through QGIS the regional distribution of cyber frauds by detecting any growing and/or decreasing trends underneath it. In regard to prevention, the methodology called 'Hypothesis Testing Crime Analysis Approach' was applied to identify the characteristics and data needed to develop hypotheses about both the underlying social causes of cyber fraud and the factors that make some individuals more vulnerable than others. The results revealed three factors overlapping with the growing cyber fraud rates in Italy: the age index, the lack of education in cyber prevention, the increasing number of internet users.