Abstract: Information Technology has made revolutionary changes in the dissemination of information and knowledge. On line transactions on banking, reservation of tickets, downloading of certificates, procurement of goods and services, electronic mails are advantageous and save time, energy and money. But with the increase in the use of computers, internet and mobile phones in our daily life, there is also a corresponding increase in Cybercrimes. In spite of very high punishments prescribed by law, such crimes are on the rise. Cybercrime is the deadliest type of crime. It can disturb existing set-up within the fraction of a second. Thus, Cyber criminality has potentiality to show its effect across the globe. The problem of Cybercrime can be understood by understanding Cyber technology. The world is witnessing the situation of ever growing field of Cyber technology. The technological growth rate is too fast. In last decade itself, the number of citizens increased by 100% in India. Technological adoption is at its peak. However, the problem of Cyber criminality oozing out of technological adoption is not properly tackled along the line of its growth. Thus, the period has been witnessing the different pace of development between Cyber technology and infrastructure in preventing Cybercrime. Within a short span of decades, a huge gap between Cyber technology and Cyber criminality has happened without any hope of bridging the gap.
Keywords: Information technology, Cyber crime, Growth, Globe, Law.
Title: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CYBER CRIME
Author: Dr. Grace Varghese
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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