How technology has impacted on
criminal activity
— The movement from the physical to the virtual world,
globalisation and society's reliance on technology now
means that many more of our lifestyle activities are
conducted in the virtual world, in particular technology
driven communities such as Facebook, twitter etc;
— The ability to remotely acquire new victims with greater
ease, extension of reach of a predators range due to
technology;
— The creation of, and access to, new markets of victims
with predators no longer constrained by physical
location;
— The extension and facilitation of traditional offences
through technology, in the realm of sex offences, the
ability to stalk, meet victims on dating sites etc;
The creation of new offences through technology, such
as revenge porn, un-authorised surveillance, electronic
stalking; and
— The use of audience and distribution to aid the scope of
the offence.
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