Assessing the seriousness of cybercrime: The case of computer misuse crime in the United Kingdom and the victims’ perspective

The reform of the Crime Survey of England and Wales (a national victim survey) has exposed a very high number of individuals who fall victim to computer misuse cybercrimes such as hacking, computer viruses and ransomware. These crimes receive very little attention from the criminal justice system an...

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Main Author: Button, Mark 1969- (Author)
Contributors: Shepherd, David ; Blackbourn, Dean ; Sugiura, Lisa ; Kapend, Richard ; Wang, Victoria
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Criminology & criminal justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 670-691
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Victims
Hacking
Cybercrime
Crime seriousness
computer misuse crime
Computer viruses