What is cyber crime? Discuss why cyber crime is a growing problem. Be sure to provide specific examples of this form of criminal offending
What will be an ideal response?
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• Cyber crime is a term used to describe criminal offending which occurs via the Internet.
• There are approximately 1.5 billion users of the Internet worldwide, and an increasing percentage of daily activities are taking place online.
• The dependence of businesses on computer operations has left them vulnerable to cyber offending
• Examples of cyber crime include cyber fraud, hacking, cyberstalking, online gambling, etc.
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Identify and discuss empirical evaluations of EM using GPS.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.Distinction reinforcement is defined as “the balance of unanticipated or actual rewards and punishments that follow or are consequences of behavior.” 2.Control theories are in many ways the opposite of DAT and SLT because they don’t ask why people commit crimes. 3.Tannenbaum viewed the labeling of a person as a “criminal” as a self-fulfilling prophesy. 4.For social-control theorists, crime and other forms of deviance have no objective reality and are defined into existence rather than discovered. 5.Sykes and Matza’s neutralization theory (NT) is a learning theory that attacks DAT’s failure to explain why some people drift in and out of crime rather than being consistently criminal.
Passing a strict law against drunk driving offenses with the purpose of dissuading people from driving after drinking would best meet which goal of punishment?
A. restitution B. rehabilitation C. specific deterrence D. general deterrence
The textbook suggests that the proper order for solving problems of crime and criminal justice would be:
a. Research? theory? policy b. Policy ? research ? theory c. Theory? research ? policy d. Theory ? policy ? research