Exam 1: Cybercrime and Cybercriminals: The Development of Cybercriminology

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______ is the scientific study of the causes of crime, the scope of crime, the responses to crime by the public, media, social and political institutions, and criminal justice systems, and the ways to control, mitigate, and prevent crime.

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A cybervice is a crime committed via communications, information, and computer technologies against an individual with whom the perpetrator is communicating or has some form of relationship (real or imagined).

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_______ involves the planning and executing of illegal business ventures online by either hierarchical groups or decentralized networks that often conduct their operations from more than one country.

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Lulz is a term used to describe actions that occur at someone's expense to hurt the individual or create mayhem for enjoyment purposes.

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_______ refers to the use of the Internet, computers, and related technology to engage in conduct that violates social norms and expectations.

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A _______ is a person who violates the law.

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A cybervice is online behavior that is deemed immoral because it violates accepted codes of conduct.

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______ is the study of cybercrime through the lens of criminology.

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Cybercrime can fall under ______ proposed typologies.

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An example of cyberdeviance is online paraphilia.

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Cybercrime ______________.

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________ involves the preying on children, adults, and the elderly through communications, information, and computer technologies.

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Impersonation fraud takes advantage of people's interest in important news stories and celebrities to get individuals to click on links that surreptitiously download malware onto a user's machine.

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A ______ is an act that violates existing laws.

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_______ is a cybercrime committed by individuals, groups, or nations in furtherance of some political goal or agenda.

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________ refers to the virtual defacement of someone else's property.

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_________ is a crime committed via the Internet, computers, and related technology that offends the public's shared norms, morals, values, and customs.

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Biastophilia involves abnormal sexual desires obtained from violent assaults.

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A ______ is a person who utilizes the Internet, computers, and related technology to violate the law.

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Cyberspace has transformed and enhanced __________.

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