Criminal Justice and Cybercrime are closely related due to a number of different factors. Since technology is often being used by criminals to commit criminal acts, they in fact are committing cybercrime. There are numerous different ways that criminal justice and cybercrime overlap. One being how criminologist focus on explaining human behavior or “human factors”, influence individual behavior, and the criminologists who study cybercrime focus their studies on explaining cybercrime and cyber victimization. The second overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime is explained in the journal entitled ” Cybersecurity and Criminal Justice: Exploring the Intersections”, under the sub-heading, “Developing future employees”. It is explained here that the higher education institutions that offer criminal justice courses, and the students who major in criminal justice, are usually assumed to want to pursue a career in law enforcement. In reality, they often pursue a career in other fields. By majoring in criminal justice, these students, with the proper training, have the potential to take on some of the “softer”, or less technical careers in cybersecurity.

 A third overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime is the field of digital forensics. Explained under the sub-heading “Expanding the field of Digital Forensics”, this was explained as a new type of criminal investigation that focuses on investigating instances of cyber, computer, electronic, and other types of cybercrimes. Lastly, as it was stated in the journal “Using Labeling Theory as a Guide to Examine Patterns, Characteristics, and Sanctions Given to Cybercrimes”, under the sub-heading “Cybercrime as International Crime”, these cybercrimes can be committed by anyone in any country. These types of crimes can be especially devastating because they can be a targeted attack by an adversary against critical infrastructure. These crimes also raise the issue of which country has jurisdiction over the investigation of the crime. This can make it harder for authorities to respond to the cybercrime effectively.