The report was written for the EU's law enforcement agency Europol.
It says that readily available online tools and tutorials make it easy for youth to begin committing cybercrimes.
And it warns that a sense of pleasure derived from the acts might encourage some perpetrators to escalate their attacks.
"[The hormone] dopamine can be released quickly as vulnerable youth achieve frequent and rapid successes online, and if these successes are linked to anti-social acts, such as hacking, they will be reinforced to pursue further ends to obtain their gains," it states.