Criminal justice is the study of crime, and cybercrime is a specific area of focus within criminal justice. This focus has been given the term cybercriminology. Criminal justice looks for ways to detect and handle criminal acts, how crimes should be punished judicially, and if the crimes can be prevented if possible. Cybercriminology is the study of crimes that take place in cyberspace and the larger impact of these crimes. Some examples would be hacking, personal data theft, fraud, identity theft, credit card theft, etc. With an increasingly digital world, the study of criminal justice has had to grow to encompass crimes happening digitally. Investigating a cybercrime requires skills that might not be common to criminologists, which is where collaboration with other disciplines is needed. Psychology can help us understand how people fall for phishing scams and fake websites. It asks questions like why would someone trust an email from a suspicious source. There is an entire discipline dedicated to studying the victims of crime in general, known as victimology. This could help identify a profile of people who are likely to fall victim to cybercrimes. Victimology also investigates reasons why victims do not report the crime. In the case of cybercrimes, they might not have the technological knowledge to even realize they are a victim of cybercrime, or they might not know the proper authorities to contact to receive help. Having your credit card stolen online is a lot different than being mugged on the street for your wallet. With the latter, your local police are capable of handling, but for the former, the case would likely be referred to a specialized cybercrime unit. As mentioned earlier a key component of criminology is trying to detect and even prevent crimes from happening. When it comes to cybercrimes, this is where the disciplines of tech-related engineering and computer science would apply. They can develop and implement security measures to prevent cybersecurity events from happening. Handling cybercrimes is not a singular disciplinary concern, instead, it requires skills and resources from many varied backgrounds and areas of study. 

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