What is the overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime? How does this overlap relate to the other disciplines discussed in this class?
In the eyes of many, criminal justice and cybercrime are two totally different things but they actually hold some similarities. First would be the fact that we are dealing with criminals regardless of what kind of crime that was committed. There are protocols and methods that the law follows and psychological aspects that are similar among many criminals across the board. When in the pursuit of these offenders, we try to see what their next step would be by placing ourselves in their shoes. Of course, this isn’t in a literal sense but depending on what type of crime that was committed, there are specialists that are well versed enough that they can anticipate what they’ll do next. Once the offender is captured or the threat is no longer an immediate danger, they take what happened and learn from it in order to prevent any more victims from dealing with a similar crime. When it comes to the differences, it deals with the capturing process of the offender I a cybercrime incident. Many times, it is difficult for a victim to get immediate assistance during this crime. For example, it is most likely that if you were to call 911 for someone stealing your bank information, the situation won’t be resolved as quickly as you would like. Specialists would need to be called in to review the crime, collect data, and would most likely take your systems in as evidence. Unfortunately, in many cases, the culprit isn’t caught and the best thing that can happen is that your data is recovered and your system is updated from further attacks. As for any other discipline that relates to any security, criminal justice, or cyber technology, they all share the same similarities of having safeguards put in place to avoid intrusion from offenders trying to compromise data.