A RESEARCH MONOGRAPH ON CYBER CRIME AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOCIAL SITES TO CYBERCRIMES Abstract Facebook has become a force to reckon with in the field of social networking. It has been ranked as the number one social networking site with a membership of over five hundred million. It has earned trust from many people who have in turn exposed their information without thinking twice into which hands it might fall. Despite the positive contribution and impact that Facebook has provided‚ it
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tremendously on the way they see their lives and the actions they wish to take. The youth of our generation tend to want to rebel against their parents or guardians and want to act “independent” and feel like they are old enough to make choices on their own by committing regrettable mistakes and doing the exact opposite of what their parents tell them to do or not to do. All these trademarks are what lead kids down a wrong path through their life‚ therefore leading some children to begin the path of becoming
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to their malicious tactics and easy baits increases daily. When an internet crime takes place‚ a computer may be used in the commission of the crime‚ or be the target of the crime. IV. Today‚ I would like to expand your knowledge on the types of crimes being committed via the internet‚ as well as explain how to protect yourself and your computer against these crimes and why we are morally obligated to report these crimes. Cybercrimes are defined as: "Offences that are committed against individuals
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…. STREET CRIME or WHITE COLLAR CRIME? By general definition‚ a crime is a wronging‚ proclaimed by law against society. All acts of disobeying the law are crimes. Be it an assault or embezzlement one has committed a wrong. Yet we have learned values and morals from our surroundings which gave us concepts of the degree of harm pertaining to a particular crime. Our normal concept of crime is usually that of a physical one. We as a society‚ generally conjure images of a personal assault on oneself
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All around the world people are becoming victims of hate crimes. Hate crimes are crimes that are attached to strong feelings of hate of someone’s ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation or disability. These crimes usually suffer more extreme penalties because of this. Everyone can be affected by hate crimes but some groups are hit harder then others. Racially African Americans are the most affected. They have over 3‚400 victims a year. Religiously Jewish people are the worst affected because they
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Literally speaking television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome (black-and-white) or colored‚ with or without accompanying sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set‚ television program‚ or television transmission this is according to Wikipedia. Television can be a powerful influence in developing value system and shaping behavior. Having the initial idea of
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What is a Financial Crime? There is no internationally accepted definition of financial crime. Rather‚ the term expresses different concepts depending on the jurisdiction and on the context. In general‚ financial crime can refer to any non-violent crime that results in a financial gain to the perpetrators and loss to others or the state. It includes a range of illegal activities such as: • corruption (bribery‚ speed money‚ kickbacks etc.) • financial fraud (accounting‚ check‚ credit card‚ mortgage
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Cyber -Crimes INTRODUCTION Computer crimes are considered to be an illegal criminal activity that uses technology to retrieve unauthorized data and information from a computer system (Buzzle‚ 2010‚ p. 1). There are various types of computer crimes. Viruses and worms are used by hackers to penetrate computer programs with the intention of doing harm that‚ in some cases‚ result in the demise of the computer itself. However‚ not all computer crimes include physical property damage. These types
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Computer Crimes Computer crimes are on the rise 1 in 10 Americans experience some form of a malicious attack on their computer system. If you pay attention to the rest of this speech you will understand how a Hackers mind works and how to defend yourself from them. In this speech I will tell you why and how people break into computers‚ what sorts of trouble they cause‚ and what kind of punishment lie ahead for them if caught. Hackers and Crackers break into computer systems for any of
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Measuring Crime Trends Felicia Moye Miller-Motte College Most measurement of crime in this country emanates from two major data sources. For almost seven decades‚ the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) has collected information on crimes known to the police and arrests from local and state jurisdictions throughout the country. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)‚ a general population survey designed to discover the extent‚ nature‚ and consequences of criminal victimization
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