Cybercrime and criminal justice overlap in many ways. First, they both fall under the criminology discipline. Cybercrime can be defined through the lens of sociology like motivation and demographics. Then there needs to be an exact definition of what cybercrime is. How serious should the criminal charges be if a cybercriminal is founded guilty? How severe should the punishment be? These are all questions that can be answered with criminal justice. While cybercrime is still a relatively new concept that is still being defined it is a crime that is internationally recognized. With this being said there need to be some diplomatic conversations on what happens if a cybercriminal is living in another country. For example, if there is a data breach inside the United States and the hacker is located in Great Britain then the cybercriminal needs to fall under the United States’ jurisdiction. 

An example of how cybercrime overlaps criminal justice relates to a discipline discussed in our class is how severe a situation is. For example, if a cyberterrorist decides to commit a denial-of-service attack on an oil rigging company shutting down the entire industry. This prevents employees from operating valves, starting oil pumps, or even worse, starting a fire-suppressing system during an emergency. This is a very severe issue and the DDoS attack and other types of hacks should be defined in a law book for professional lawmakers to study. This can also become an international incident if the hackers come from another country. Especially if it is coming from a hostile place.

Another discipline that relates to the overlap is a white-collar crime that is done inside a business. The movie Office Space is a perfect example. An employee can write a script that could go over their boss’s head and steal pennies out of every transaction. The overlap in this is what the motivation is and how to obtain it.