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With the increased of use of the internet as a means of sharing information, the need to protect and preserve the confidentiality and integrity of data is ever more evident. The digital age provides not only established criminals with new ways of committing, but also has empowered previously non deviant individuals, into new cyber criminal behaviour. Many individuals are unaware of online threats and many fail to take advantage of precautionary measures to protect themselves from risks when they are online. Therefore, individuals consistently underestimate their risk of becoming victims or underestimate the punishment that may face if they are engaged on online deviant behaviour. This ongoing research has found that there is a relationship between individual’s perception of cybercrime law and cybercrime victimisation and/or criminalisation.
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Al-Nemrat, A., Jahankhani, H., Preston, D.S. (2010). Cybercrime Victimisations/Criminalisation and Punishment. In: Tenreiro de Magalhães, S., Jahankhani, H., Hessami, A.G. (eds) Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability. ICGS3 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15717-2_7
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