Critical criminology and cybercrime

Abstract

Critical criminology consists of a diverse assortment of theoretical perspectives that share an attunement to the role of power and conflict in crime, criminalization, and crime control yet its applications toward cybercrime issues are lacking. The application to these cybercrime issues can help recognize that online criminal actors should be understood as agents navigating social structure, intergroup conflict, and power in addition to considering other kinds of social harm than those derived from legal definitions.