Concept information
Preferred term
prevention of cybercrime
Definition
- Cybercrime is crime that occurs when computers or computer networks are involved as tools, locations, or targets of crime. This means that cybercrime may include a wide variety of traditional types of crime, such as theft or even extortion, but that these may take on novel forms because of the opportunities provided by the cyber environment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Cybercrime, Prevention of]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/prevention_of_cybercrime
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