The Etiology of Women's Victimization in Social Networks

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• M.A Haji Deh Abadi
• E Salimi

qom

Abstract

In recent years, cybercrime has become one of the biggest and most serious challenges facing the criminal justice system. Studies in the context of cyber victim show that women, including "vulnerable groups" are in cyberspace. What adds to worries is that in recent years, with the advent of social networks, the number of female offenders has expanded exponentially. Countering this unpleasant situation in cyberspace depends on the exact pathology of the problem and the adoption of appropriate measures to deal with crime factors. This study, using criminological theories, seeks to identify the causes of female victimization in cyberspace and specifically in social networks. Findings of this study suggest that along with the ease of committing crime in social networks, the victim's lifestyle and the type of virtual interactions are parts of the causes and factors of female victimization in cyberspace.

Keywords

• The culprit guilty
• Social networks
• cybercrime
• Lifestyle
• crime prevention

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