Cyber Crimes

Cyber Crime Cyber crime, since the late 1980s to the early 1990s, has become an increasingly dominant form of crime throughout the world; however, we are just recently beginning to create solutions to these growing epidemics in the world. The solutions we have to these rising problems are created to help the victims, their families, and the communities around the offended persons. In the year 2001 “the FBI opened more than 1,500 cases involving Internet child sexual exploitation, compared to only 113 cases in 1996” (Hansen). These exploitations involve cyber bullying, embarrassing or hateful images, and verbal assault, as well as many others. So now the questions are: What are the risks adolescents face using the Internet? Are the youth of America and the rest of the world safe from online predators? Through research we have tried to help answer these questions. Obviously, there are many risks, no matter what age you are, that you will face if you use the Internet in an unsafe way. As with any other part of your social life, there are many precautions you should take when you surf the web. A big solution to cyber crime would be the precautionary steps that you take for yourself to avoid unwanted situations on the web. So now the task society has ahead of them is to find a way to protect our communities and our identities without sacrificing the technological advances that have opened new doors and given us the world at our fingertips. As research shows, many people throughout the world have suffered immensely from cyber crimes, and victims of these crimes are now learning how to cope with their past experiences and are being taught to solve future cyber dilemmas. These crimes have become a huge part of culture, threatening the lives and wellbeing of teens and adults alike. The Internet itself has created a portal for anonymous predators to enter your home, invade your privacy and take advantage of today’s youth with the click of a button. It is