Cyber victimology: A new sub-discipline of the twenty-first century victimology

Abstract

Notably, some scholars do not perceive cyber crime victimization as a new form of victimization and some do not holistically group them. Invariably, many countries are dealing with cyber crime victimization through their conventional laws, without creating specific laws. These kinds of new issues have paved way to study the cyber victimization from different perspectives. I emphasize the need to have a sub-discipline of Victimology i.e., Cyber Victimology to examine cyber crimes purely from victims’ /victimization perspective, as I believe cyber crime victimization is a new form of victimization. This chapter will dwell on the establishment of the new field of Victimology, which is referred to as Cyber Victimology.