Criminal Justice and Cybercrime are two large disciplines that have expanded largely over the last few decades due to the constantly rapid growth of the internet. in the modern day, computer technology and the internet is a big part of the reality of many people, and as a result there are countless opportunities for criminals to take advantage of that. because of this, there is a a lot of overlap between the two disciplines. one form of the overlap of the two disciplines is the creation of several cybersecurity specific criminal terminology. for example, the term “Cybercrime” is a relatively new term that is an expansion on the term crime. while a crime is about any illegal action that violates criminal law, Cybercrime is any illegal acts committed with cyber technologies. another overlap involves victimization and justification of cyber offenses. when it comes to committing crimes outside of the internet, there are a number of reasons/justifications for why people commit them. add a computer or other device into the mix and there’s full other list of reasons. for example, because most cybercrimes can be committed right from the safety of a persons home, there’s a huge social disconnect from reality. as a result, many cyber offenders feel that they are isolated from their crimes. they feel no personal responsibility or accountability to what they do so in order for criminal justice and cybersecurity specialists to better understand and fight against cyber crimes, its important to understand the mindset of the person committing the crime. other overlaps include: the development of better strategies to deal with cyber victimization, expanding the field of digital forensics to match modern day technology and developing better intervention methods for cyber offenders. compared to other disciplines such as STEM, it appears that the overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime is not as significant. considering the fact for a number of years STEM programs have offered multiple cybercrime and cybersecurity related courses and criminal justice has appeared to not have kept pace with the other disciplines.