CRIM 3658 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Digital Divide, Cybercrime, European Cooperation In Science And Technology
17 Apr 2017
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Definitions of cybercrime has been tied to the cost of cyber crimes. According to security software manufacturers, cybercrimes are expensive problems and cost the world between billions and trillions of dollars each year. Critics however argue that security software manufacturers have inflated the fear of cybercrimes in order to make people buy their security products. Sexual violations as the most frequently cleared cyber offences by police by laying a charge. Less than 1 in 10 cyber bullying incidents are actually reported to the police. In canada we have distributive reporting environment because the victims of cyber offence might report their complaints to various sources (rcmp, local police force, security provider, etc. ) Data on cybercrimes does not give us an accurate sense of scope of this problem. Cybercrime can be represented differently in different discourses. Lack of information and unified sense of a problem as obstacles to any development in policy initiate to combat cybercrime.
