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

First criminal justice is defined as a universal term that refers to the laws, procedures, institutions, and policies that happen during a crime. At the same time, cybercrime is defined as illegal acts committed in violation of societal norms and laws without defense or justification by the state as a felony or misdemeanor.

These two do have some overlapping qualities to each other. In fact, at times, they go hand in hand. Technology has grown and shaped our society so much. We used technology in almost every part of our lives, and because of this, technology has also helped to reinvent crime. Crime now has evolved rapidly because of technology, making it a juggernaut force in our current era.

Criminal justice lists various types of cybercrime, one being criminologists might point to the following ways to define different types of cybercrime. First is defining cybercrime from a harm orientation that would focus on not whether something was illegal but how it affected people. The second is defining cybercrime from an ethical direction that focuses on whether the behavior is criminal or moral. Thirdly is defining cybercrime from a social constructionist perspective which would focus on what’s illegal. Fourthly is cybercrime from a deviant prospect which focuses on whether behaviors are abnormal. Lastly, it is defining cybercrime from a white-collar crime perspective.

From these perspectives, we can see that cybercrime and criminal justice share multiple factors. The first factor that relates to the two is digital forensics. Digital forensics is a type of criminal investigation in which it uses analyses of cyber, electronic, or other types of cybercrimes. Multiple criminal justice professionals have had a hand in digital forensics development. The second factor is criminal justice is beneficial when criminal justice helps to identify appropriate interventions and responses to cyber offenders. 

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