1. What is the overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime? How does this overlap relate to the other disciplines discussed in this class?
As with many things in today’s society, technology has been intertwined with almost every aspect of our daily lives. Whether that be through day to day activities, communication, transportation, our work, technology is now a vital part of our lives, moving things forward. While technology has been seen to vastly improve our lives and make things more efficient and handier, it also has its negative implications as well. From bullying to cyber bullying, from crime to cybercrime, there is certainly a large overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime, as does technology with the other disciplines taught at Old Dominion University.
Cybercrime can be defined through a variety of lenses. The encompassing definition of cybercrime is defined as “cyber-related behavior that is against the law.” However, the sociological definition is defined as “cyber related behavior society describes as wrong, regardless of legality,” as stated through the lecture video. Cybercrime is also just a different way of committing traditional crimes, however, using technology to aid. Stealing, bullying, fraud, and more. New types of crime that have came from cybertechonogy is denial of service attacks as well as unauthorized access.
The overlap occurs when studying and perceiving cybercrime. Cybercrime is treated much like crime in the same way analysts look at the behavior of criminals, only this time, in an online space. Moreover when pursuing and criminalizing cybercrime, law is enforced the same way in person, but with variations online and expansion to laws against illegal hacking and malware.
Criminal justice and cybersecurity is an interdisciplinary field. There are many overlaps withing other fields such as computer science, engineering, IT, psychology and so much more. Reason being is that criminal justice can be researched within these other fields and relate that back to cybersecurity. For example, the human behavior being studied in psych by criminal justice can be applied to pursuing cyber crime. Additionally, understanding engineering and IT systems helps criminal justice systems pursue cyber crime. Each plays a role in helping understand other fields.