Cybercrime

Cybercrime

Question 1

Numerous criminology theories have been presented to explain why individuals choose to commit crimes. These theories can be divided into four broad categories - social theories, psychological theories, biological theories, and personality theories. In the case presented in this paper, the college student chooses to download songs and movies off the internet through illegal means, i.e. without paying for them (McQuade et al., 2009). This is a criminal offense since it is a violation of copyright and distribution laws. In her defense, the reason cited by the student for committing this act time and again is that all her friends ...