What is the overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime? How does this overlap relate to the other disciplines discussed in this class?

Criminal justice is best defined as a structure of laws, rules, and procedures that are executed to those who have committed crimes. Cybercrime can be defined as the act of committing a crime through the use of technology. Before technology became so rampant and embedded in our everyday lives, there were very few rules set in place under the criminal justice field to hold cybercriminals accountable. There were very few laws that labeled what constitutes as cybercrime and what the legal ramifications of committing a cybercrime should be. Because cybercrime is more prevalent now more than ever thanks to our never-ending development of technology, the criminal justice field has had to redefine, expand, and reevaluate the perception and classification of crime in order to cater to the field of cybercrime. The criminal justice system often handles cybercrimes since, essentially, when one commits a cybercrime, he or she is breaking the law and thus will be held accountable through the criminal justice system that is set in place. Additionally, the criminal justice system has further expanded by introducing a new field of digital forensics. Digital forensics is formerly known as a new type of criminal investigation regarding cyber or computer types of cybercrimes. The creation of this field further shows how criminal justice and cybercrime overlap as this field itself was created by criminal justice professionals. Lastly, criminal justice can greatly help cybersecurity programs receive designation as a Center of Academic Excellence from the National Security Agency. Designation from the CAE further legitimizes cybersecurity and signifies that a cybersecurity curriculum is important and critical in a government cybersecurity workforce. Gaining a Center of Academic Excellence stamp of approval would boost cybersecurity programs through resources and grants, further advancing the cybersecurity field. Eventually, the concepts of criminal justice and cybercrime will no longer be distinguishable as the two continue to fuse together in the future.