Lec 12 Flashcards
Cybercrime
A crime that occurs over the internet
Moore (2005) defines cybercrime as
Any criminal offence or series of offences committed through the use of a computer and a computer network or internet connection
Cyberterrorism (Baranetsky, 2009)
Using a computer to orchestrate large-scale attacks on information.
Activities that constitute cybercrime (8)
Phishing-emails that request sensitive info
Ripping-Illegal copying of CDs
Hacking
Luring of minors
Stalking
Spamming
Skimming-Harvesting financial data
Trafficking
Cybercrime in Canada recent cases
65 percent identity theft
58 percent of organizations were targeted by phishing
32 percent suffer up to 20 attacks per year
63k cybercrime incidents in 2020
106 million dollars lost to scams and fraud in 2020
Implication of cybercrime
Cybercriminal cases reflect vulnerability of the digital age and potential disastrous consequences of cybercrime
How can the consensus model of crime be applied to cyber criminology
To draw the line between crime and deviance in online communities
Remember the rule
No law, no crime
Regulating cyber activities requires
A broader understanding of computer tech as being inherently criminogenic
What does regulating cyber activities do
Create deviant cybercommunities
Paradox of cybercommunities
Cybercommunities serve a social purpose but also intensify deviant and antisocial impulses
Paraphilia
The use of unusual things to obtain sexual excitement and channel obsessions that are inherently deviant
Examples of paraphilia (4)
Erotomania-cyberstalking
Exhibitionism-Sexting
Scopophilia-Use of a smartphone to secretly record or photograph people
Scatologia-Cyberbullying
Cybercrime and routine activity theory three elements
Suitable target, motivated offender, and absence of a capable guardian
Certain correlates of victims of cybercrime
How much time they spent online and the nature of the virtual places they visit
