by Police - Bureau of Police Research and Development

The Indian Police JournalCyberspace has transmuted the global economy in a phenomenalway. The scale of cyberspace usage and its magnitude and increasedacquiescence of Internet demonstrates a global obsession, whichleads Internet to an intrinsic and compelling part of society’sday-to-day activities. Increased number of communications via e-mail,chat, social networking, huge volume of online shopping, Internetbanking, gaming, purchase of online gifts, travel tickets, online the dependence of young on the Internet. The outcome of the surveywas that 75% of the young could not survive without the Internet andthey belong to the age-group 16 to 24 years. Besides all its usefuladvancement of technology, Internet provides ample opportunity forunscrupulous individuals performing undesirable activities caused bythe ease of access, open nature, and increased anonymity facilitated inthe virtual world.Crime and the InternetCyber Crime is a type of crime that involves the abuse of Information10 th UN Congress on Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders,in a workshop:(1) “Cyber Crime in a narrow sense (computer crime): Any illegalbehaviour directed by means of electronic operations that targetssecurity of computer systems and data processed by them.(2) Cyber Crime in broader sense (computer-related crime): Anyillegal behaviour committed by means of, or in relation to, acomputer system or Network, including such crimes as illegalprocessions [and] offering disturbing information by means of acomputer system or Network.”The Computer Crime and Intellectual property Section, US Department computer-med activities, which are either illegal or considered illicit bycertain parties and which can be conducted through global electronicnetworks.”Common examples of Cyber Crimes frequently encountered can bedemonstrated by offences, such as online cyber-fraud, identity theft,intellectual property theft, cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, groomingJanuary - March, 201391