The is no intrinsic irony that despite the fact that the majority of the industrialized world has some sort of interaction with computers and the internet on a daily bases it still seems as though the police attitude towards cybercrimes is that it should be handled through specialized units or task forces even though for better or worse the statistical reality is as mentioned before if law enforcement is to remain relevant and at the forefront of law enforcement tends this must be a process that must be taken up by all members of the community, least ignorance be the deicing factor thus allowing criminals savvy to this fact to take advantage of it (39). The mantel of cybercrime prevention must be taken up by local law enforcement so it is
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It is believed by researchers that cybercrime can be effectively reduced by working in conjunction with personnel from historical non-law enforcement origination and companies (66), there mat be some truth to this as in most cases law enforcement itself can not development new technology or software in most cases when it comes to research and development law enforcement either asks for the technology or software or implements existing technologies and tools. Some of these mentioned non-law enforcement entities comprise everyday citizens, non-policing state managed agencies or organizations, web hosting entities, other external law enforcement agencies, and internet service providers …show more content…
As before it is mentioned that cybercrime can be handled more effectively if the general public would not only educate themselves in their own personal protection and prevention to becoming a victim of cybercrime but the general public must be more proactive in reporting these crimes. It is only common scenes that an average person would be self aware of there surroundings particularly given in more extreme situations where they may find themselves in a situation or place that instinctively would cause a greater concern for ones own safety, say like being in a questionable neighborhood late at night, so why is it given that as the media has reported as well as possibly persons known that have become victims of cybercrime do not people in general take at least higher precautions when it comes to personal exposure and safety? The answer to this may lie in the idea that an event and causation that has not immediate since of danger does not speak to the basic virtue of a persons fight or flight response, this being that activities that happen in cyberspace whether aggressive or benign seem nebulous and abstract comparatively speaking to say an assault on ones own person, this and for the most part a cybercrime committed generally happens without
It is believed by researchers that cybercrime can be effectively reduced by working in conjunction with personnel from historical non-law enforcement origination and companies (66), there mat be some truth to this as in most cases law enforcement itself can not development new technology or software in most cases when it comes to research and development law enforcement either asks for the technology or software or implements existing technologies and tools. Some of these mentioned non-law enforcement entities comprise everyday citizens, non-policing state managed agencies or organizations, web hosting entities, other external law enforcement agencies, and internet service providers …show more content…
As before it is mentioned that cybercrime can be handled more effectively if the general public would not only educate themselves in their own personal protection and prevention to becoming a victim of cybercrime but the general public must be more proactive in reporting these crimes. It is only common scenes that an average person would be self aware of there surroundings particularly given in more extreme situations where they may find themselves in a situation or place that instinctively would cause a greater concern for ones own safety, say like being in a questionable neighborhood late at night, so why is it given that as the media has reported as well as possibly persons known that have become victims of cybercrime do not people in general take at least higher precautions when it comes to personal exposure and safety? The answer to this may lie in the idea that an event and causation that has not immediate since of danger does not speak to the basic virtue of a persons fight or flight response, this being that activities that happen in cyberspace whether aggressive or benign seem nebulous and abstract comparatively speaking to say an assault on ones own person, this and for the most part a cybercrime committed generally happens without