Crime and its effects on local society: A comparison of academic papers on cybercrime

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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Task A..............................................................................................................................................3
An introduction to the topic: Crime and its effects on local society......................................3
A background to the topic......................................................................................................3
Presentation of both articles...................................................................................................4
Task B..............................................................................................................................................6
A summary of key findings from both articles.......................................................................6
A comparison between academic papers including purpose, methodology and results.........8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
Books and Journals...............................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Crime can be defined as illegal act that leads to punishment by the government. It is socially
harmful and dangerous for the society. The act is against law and has impact on the mental health
of people (Umanailo and et.al., 2019). In this report, there is discussion related to articles. The
background and detail related to the articles is mentioned. The comparison of articles with the
help of effective note taking is part of this report.
MAIN BODY
Task A
An introduction to the topic: Crime and its effects on local society
Crime is an illegal activity and causes harm to the society. it is seen that in today's time the
crime is increasing. People are not worried about others and indulge in illegal activities. It is seen
that the victim suffers from the social injury for long. It is seen that the physical mounts may be
healed but their emotional feeling gets inside them and cause various reactions and one of them
is depression. The pain is so powerful that causes various problems inside the victims. Each and
every individual is different from one another and gets different kind of impact from the crime.
There is direct impact of the crime and criminal on the society. It also causes harm to normal
people. The live in fear and are afraid to go out of their homes. the crime happens with one
person and it has impacts on the family, relatives as well as whole society. There is decline in
happiness of the people due to increase in crime (Holt, 2018). All this is bad for the society and
all the people that are living. The problems are enhancing day by day. Different crimes give rise
to more and more criminals and this is also enhancing fear among people.
A background to the topic
In order to carry on the report there is discussion related to digital crime. It is seen that,
digitalisation is in the present era. There is increase in use of new and latest technology. There is
need to understand that cyber crime is enhancing. It is necessary to understand about crime that
occurs due to digitalisation. It is important to note that the chances of loss to companies also
enhances. In present the use of technology is growing and man is shifting the burden towards
machines. This enhances the chances of leakage of data and information that has negative impact
on the people. The criminals have also gained new way to create harm to the society (Yar and

Steinmetz, 2019). Cyber attacks have different motivations behind them and cause serious
impact on the society. It is seen that the impact may be on a single person or group of people or
on whole society it includes financial loss economic loss theft of information and various other
things. It does not cause harm to the health of the victim but on their mental state. People are
unable to save themselves from the emotional and mental trauma and is dangerous for them to
live with the same problem. It is seen that the society is facing such an issue that is rated to cyber
crime and it has direct impact on the people.
Presentation of both articles
How Cybercrime Affects Society
According to How Cybercrime Affects Society, 2021, The use of computer technology is
enhancing day by day and that is also giving a new threat that is related to cyber crime. In
present time, the work in business organisation cannot be completed without the use of
computers businesses and the same is causing problem. The user-friendly computers are also a
big threat in today's time and the criminals are using the same to make crime. The proper
understanding of the topic is part of this article. No matter how many securities are being taken
by the companies but the crime is enhancing. The systematic understanding of cybercrime must
be done so that it can be stopped. Crime is inseparable part of society and exist at each and every
level. No one can deny the fact that crime can take place at any place any time and no one can
stop the same (Gradoń, 2020). Despite of various laws formulated by government people are still
taking advantage of digitalization and causing potential disturbance to the society. Some of the
individual that become victim of the crime have some specific kind of problem and unable to
deal with the situation. It is seen that they leave their safety peace money as well as property.
Cyber crime is a massive problem and it has impact on the people. The ways of protecting
against cyber crime must also be examined. It is important to set the passwords that are not
related to personal information. All the information must not be posted on social media. The
victims are unable to get satisfaction and there is so much harmful for people living therein. The
crime is dynamic in nature and is subjected to cause economic as well as social political changes
in the existence of society. They cause various changes that are related with the crime. They are
not accidental activities in the they are done by the criminal with some motives that they want to
achieve. The population is causing various negative impact from the crime and also enhancing
the problem of people who live in society. The major impact of the crime is on the teenager.