Cyber Victimology: Decoding Cyber Crime Victimization

Cyber Victimology provides a global socio-legal-victimological perspective on victimisation

online, written in clear, non-technical terms, and presents practical solutions for the problem.

Halder qualitatively analyzes the contemporary dimensions of cyber-crime victimisation,

aiming to fill the gap in the existing literature on this topic. A literature review, along with case

studies, allows the author to analyze the current situation concerning cyber-crime victimisation.

A profile of victims of cyber-crime has been developed based on the characteristics of different

groups of victims. As well, new policy guidelines on the basis of UN documents on cybercrimes

and victim justice are proposed to prevent such victimisation and to explore avenues for

restitution of justice for cases of cyber-crime victimisation. This book shows how the effects of

cyber victimisation in one sector can affect others. This book also examines why perpetrators

choose to attack their victim/s in specific ways, which then have a ripple effect, creating greater

harm to other members of society in unexpected ways.

This book is suitable for use as a textbook in cyber victimology courses and will also be of

great interest to policy makers and activists working in this area.