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Course description

This course will introduce students to foundational social science perspectives on cybercrime, and will examine a number of current and emerging threats that challenge the global security of nation states from a criminological standpoint. Topics to be covered include: social science approaches to and theories of online behaviours, environments, and cyber criminology; human factors in cybercrime commission and victimization; terrorism and its digital elements; organised crime and its digital components; and cyber warfare, information warfare, and disinformation. Throughout the course, these will be studied in-depth through an examination of specific trends and cases to better understand the level of risk they present. Policy responses will also be canvassed with a focus on the prevention of global security threats, and the regulation of environments, processes, and behaviours that give rise to them.

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