Digital Criminology: Cyber Bullying, Social Media, and Surveillance

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Digital criminology

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Table of Contents
Week 2.......................................................................................................................................3
Week 3.......................................................................................................................................3
Week 4.......................................................................................................................................4
Week 5.......................................................................................................................................4
Week 7.......................................................................................................................................5
Reference List............................................................................................................................6

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Week 2
Due to the advent of internet to a huge level, cyber bullying has evolved to a massive extent
in schools. I have inferred that cyber bullying has led to the led to violent acts amongst
students in schools mainly in Europe and the United States of America. Based on my
observance, cyber bullying also involves death threats. Acts as a result of vengeance also lead
to cyber bullying to a massive extent. Various channels of electronic communication are used
for cyber bullying such as email, social media chats, reviews on You Tube videos and text
messages in mobile phones along with Whatsapp chats. Online harassment is one of the most
aggravated forms of cyber bullying such as calling of names, sexual abuse, racial comments
and various kinds of profanity along with remarks on appearances as per my personal views.
Cyber criminology has gained high intensity as a result of the usage and popularity of
computers and the development of the internet. I have inferred that cyber crimes have led to
various kinds of malpractices such as cyber terrorism and cyber espionage (Li, 2007). Digital
criminology has also resulted in hacking to a great extent as far as the leakage of confidential
information is concerned. Cyber bullying is quite rampant in educational institutions as a
result of the advent of Information Technology to a huge level. It also results in traumatic
experiences amongst adolescents as they are frequent users of the internet as far as online
chats are concerned. It also leads to violent acts which may be fatal. Cyber bullying also led
to the deactivation of social media accounts to a massive level as per my personal
observations and experiences. In order to combat cyber bullying, the cyber police would play
an extremely important role in helping the victims.
Week 3
Based on my observances, social media leads to a great extent various mental health
disorders such as depression and anxiety. I have also inferred that social media leads to the
vulnerable acts such as self harm and suicide to a massive level. Hate and defamatory
speeches have also been quite popular as far as digital criminology is concerned. It also
includes obscene content along with the distribution of pornographic materials online in an
illegal manner as observed by me. I have also observed that the criminal justice system has
undergone a massive transition with regard to the advent of digital criminology as far as the
current trends with reference to the advancement of the aspects related to Information
Technology are concerned (Stratton, Powell and Cameron, 2017). The disciplines related to