crim-types of crime

• Cybercrimes/ Technological crimes-Definition: a

  crime which uses technology to commit illegal offences (crimes)
• cybercrime-types of criminal offences-Fraud, Scams, Cyber bullying, Hacking, Viruses, Online grooming, Revenge Pornography
• cybercrime-types of victim-Older generation of society- due to a lack of awareness- more likely victims of scams Younger generation of society-with social media- more likely cyber bullying and revenge pornography- 45 million people got a scam call in the year of 2021 ‘Out of 13,387 UK students aged 12–18, 27% identified their bullying experience as cyberbullying’ - this is a direct quote from the bullies out blog.
• cybercrime-type of offender-Someone with a high IT skill sets, Someone with access to devices (teens and up), It could be an international offender- it could be anyone anywhere in the world.
• cybercrime-level of public awareness-Cyberbullying may not be common knowledge so there would not be a high level of public awareness. For large companies such as Santander if it was hacked it would make the news so large companies and cybercrimes would be well known compared to smaller individual companies
• Criminal, deviant- something that goes against social norms and values or both
• cybercrime-criminal or deviant-Crimes such as fraud, scams, hacking, viruses and pornography are criminal. Crimes such as cyber bullying and hate crime is deviant.
• cybercrime example-The Tinder Swindler (Shimon Hayut)

  • His real name
  • His fake name was Simon Leviev
• cybercrime example-What he did

  He is convicted of fraud. He would use the dating app Tinder to make contact with women who were tricked into lending him money and he would then not pay them back.
• cybercrime example-Where he committed his crimes

  • While travelling Europe
• cybercrime example-He fled from Israel to avoid going to trial, (for fraud related crimes that he had committed during his early 20s)

  Initially
• cybercrime example-He headed to Finland, (which is where he reportedly started running the scheme)

  Then
• cybercrime exampe-He served 2 years in a prison in Finland after swindling three women

  In the year of 2015
• cybercrime example-He went back to Israel

  After his 2017 release
• cybercrime example-Before he could be arrested, he had escaped again and headed back to Europe
• Domestic Violence


  This can be Physical, emotional, Psychological and Sexual and Financial. It usually involves a pattern of behaviour which causes harm (physical etc). In addition to this it will also be controlling behaviour (finance- so victim cannot leave because they are dependent on offender)
• 1/4 women are victims of domestic violence
• 1/6 men are victims of domestic violence
• Domestic abuse is a gendered crime - Women's Aid (womensaid.org.uk)
• domestic violence-Offenders are prone to being aggressive, it would be a repeat pattern of abuse
• domestic violence-Offenders are typically in an intimate relationship with the victim
• domestic violence-Men are significantly more likely to be repeat perpetrators and are significantly more likely than women are to use physical violence, threats, and harassment
• domestic violence-There is a greater level of understanding and awareness however this does not mean it is reported more as some people don't report for fear of judgment (from family if they are asked to be interviewed) or that the police may not believe them, in addition to this they could be scared of what the abuser would do if they are not convicted
• domestic violence-We hear more about celeb cases where there has been abuse but not from 'normal people'
• domestic violence-It is wider known for women to be victims of this crime; however, men are victims as well
• domestic violence-Domestic abuse is criminal because of the abuse and deviant because it breaks social norms of loving your partner
• domestic violence-Clare's Law

  The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme where there are several ways for 'police officers to disclose a person's history of abusive behaviour to those who may be at risk from such behaviour. It is intended to reduce intimate partner violence'
• dv- clares law-Anyone can ask the police to check a partner or partner to family member or close friend in order to protect themselves or family members or close friends
• domestic violence-Clare Woods was murdered by her ex-boyfriend George Appleton, she had made complaints to the police before her death but ultimately was failed by them as George got into her home where he strangled her and set her on fire before killing himself days later
• the formal name for clare's law is The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
• Honour crimes

  Violence among family members in order to keep a good reputation
• Examples of honour crimes

  • Honour killing
  • Forced marriage
  • Domestic abuse
  • Sexual harassment and violence
  • FGM
• honour crimes-11,744 honour 'based' crimes recorded in 2010-2014
• honour crimes-From 2014 onwards to 2017 incidents reported to police had increased significantly (by 53%)
• honour crime-Other family members who are trying to uphold family reputation

  Not high level of awareness because it is kept within the family
• Honour crimes


  Criminal - crimes which go against the law
• honour crime exmaple-Tulay (girl) Goren

  • Killed because she ran away from home with her boyfriend who was Turkish Kurd and twice her age who her family disapproved of. This is because he was from a different branch of Islam. Her father Mehmet Goren was jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 22 years in 2009 for killing his daughter after kidnapping, drugging and tying her up.
• honour crime example-Tulay Goren killed

  January 1999
• Hate crimes

  Involves violence but can also be non-violent and verbal instead, usually prejudiced against gender, race, sexuality or disability
• hate crime-Anyone can be a victim of hate crime, it could be someone of a certain gender, sexuality, ethnicity or disability