cyber crime

• cyber crime

  range of criminal acts committed using the internet
• browne 


  cyber crime is the fastest growing criminal activity in the world
• cyber crime viewed as ‘global crime’ 


  as many of the illegal activities that go on take place outside of the country of the offender
• macionis and plummer - cyber crime has created ’new worlds of crime’

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  • internet based fraud
  • identity theft
  • terrorist websites and networking
  • organised crime rings
  • online bullying and harassment
  • phishing
  • hacking
  • money laundering
• wall - 4 categories of crime

  1 - cyber deception and theft

  • eg. phishing, piracy, illegal documents
• wall - 4 categories of cyber crime

  2 - cyber porn

  • eg. opportunities for children to view indecent images
• wall - 4 categories of cyber crime

  3 - cyber trespass

  • crossing boundaries into others’ ‘cyber properties’
  • eg. cyber bullying