1.How does cyber technology impact interactions between offenders and victims?
Cyber technology is a computer technology that involves the internet or cyberspace. Although there are many befits that cyber technology offers users, it can also be used to harm people. Throughout the years there has been an increase in cybercrimes, and these crimes threaten a person, a company, or a nation’s security and financial health. This intern creates the dynamics of offenders and victims. Cyber technology impacts the interaction between victims and offenders in many aspects. For example, the internet is one of the most powerful tools used in our society. As important and useful as the internet is, it opens a lot of doors to hurt and victimize people in a large proportion. This allows offenders to target victims and take personal information of people they are trying to hurt or harass in real life. Almost any form of social media can be used as an example, were people post and share about their life’s which in some cases is considered person information, and also sharing there whereabout. This kind of information especially sharing your whereabouts can aid an offender to stalk or even harm a person. There was a news headline in Japan where a man killed nine people through Twitter. They called him the ‘Twitter killer’. These kinds of news show how cyber technology has impacted interactions. A lot of predators thrive on the internet, trying to bait their prey into doing what they want, shows like how to catch a predator Is a good example, it brings to light the possibility of criminal behavior that occurs in cyber technology. The interaction between offenders and victims has changed a lot because of technologies, however, these same technologies are also helping victims to get justice for the bad things that have happened to them. Moreover, cyber technology developments will eventually decrease the crimes that are taking place.