A significant portion of crime is related to technology. Cybercrime, computer crime, Internet crime, and cybersecurity are now all included in the field of criminology. Efforts to promote safer computing in all its forms will be strengthened by a better understanding of the links between criminal justice and cybersecurity. The growing threat posed by cybersecurity, which needs to be handled, appears to be widely recognized. As an academic field, criminal justice has a lot to contribute in response to this evolving technological threat. Criminologists can assist with developing, researching, and understanding cyber law; defining cybercrime; describing cyber offending and victimization; identifying guardianship activities; measuring victimization and offending; determining interventions; expanding the field of digital forensics; and conducting interdisciplinary research. Therefore, cybercrime would be unlawful conduct involving cyber technologies that are against the law, etc. The use of the neutralization theory to commit cybercrimes has been backed by criminological research.

            A study discovered two neutralizations that are particular to categories of cybercrime: digital rights protection Claims of future patronage allude to future plans to buy pirated software. Software resistance describes the problems that online offenders experience with digital rights software packages. Researchers have examined the self-control theory on cybercrime, which argues that crime is caused by a lack of self-control. For instance, one research group discovered a link between self-control and online bullying. A more recent study discovered that the self-control theory can also account for common types of online misbehavior. One of the more well-known criminological learning theories, differential association, contends that criminals acquire their criminal skills through contacts with others, as well as their motivations. This notion is used in one cybercrime research to explain how terrorists utilize the Internet to commit their crimes. Graduates in criminal justice might be equipped for some of the entry-level positions in cybersecurity with the right training.