For this research paper, the student will select a topic involving a specific area of cybercrime. Generally this would not be one crime, but a series of crimes, potential crimes, or related issues....

CYBERSTALKING & HARRASMENT

Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Cyberstalking    3
Cyber stalking: Criminals & Victims    4
Types of Cyberstalking    4
Consequences of Cyberstalking    5
Is cyberstalking a crime?    5
Legal Implications of Cyberstalking    6
Conclusion    6

Introduction
The world has witnessed unprecedented development in the field of the networking which has become a source or medium for people to communicate across the globe in the course of business, social life, education, and networking for professional aspects. This had improved the convenience of communication and has enveloped the world into a single computer screen. The enhanced utilization of the internet has also developed an impact that gives rise to incidents of online harassment and cyberstalking cases. It is effective to note that every aspect of human lives is becoming digital ranging from payments to the consideration of virtual reality and augmented reality. This aspect of digital influence has also been reinforced in the field of harassment and abuse. This essay shall cohesively focus on the issue of online harassment and cyberstalking cases and discuss how the networking may bring about such behavior.
The nature of the behavior has been based on the victim where the stalker is not known even though the harassment can be done by someone who is known or unknown. Online harassment is very much similar to spying which can be disturbing the victim at the same time the unique environment of the internet creates virtual augmentation on the part of the individual who is disturbing. This can also provide a fall sense of security arising from the apparent feature of internet that present on the internet. This paper will review the legal implications of harassment and cyberstalking and the aspect of crime associated with the issues of online harassment and cyberstalking.
Cyberstalking
Cyberstalking focuses on using the internet as a medium with an electronic communication device to stalk another person. This may usually involve threats and damage to data. This also involves the aspects of sexual abuse and sexual for possess and any other form of repeated offensive behavior by communicating in a written message or any other forms of solicitation. Online harassment and cyberstalking can also involve sexual harassment which is unwanted and sending certain messages or multimedia files based on sexual activity that affects the dignity of women. It is also contemplative that in this digital world, the aspect of sexual attention is considered to be sexual abuse, if it is repetitive once it is rejected by the recipient. This can sufficiently be serious and can constitute to be harassment (Wilson et al., 2022).
This is a more like that of a crime that utilizes the internet and networking aspects to disturb and monitor a person. It is considered to be a part of cyberbullying and this can be done with the help of messages, emails, social media posts, and other mediums that is often persistent and methodical. This is often considered to be harmless but if such aspects become repetitive and systematic annoyingly or frighteningly this can be concerning (Stevens, 2019).
Cybercrime is to facilitated by direct communication always. It may happen that in some cases victims does not even realize that they are falling as a prey of online stalking. In some aspects, the victims are often controlled and spied through a number ways by using tools and information collected that can be used for crimes such as identity theft. Some stalkers plan for harassing the individuals offline as well as contacting their friends and relatives from a particular. Some of the feature of such crime involve breaching data privacy, monitoring online and real-world activities, and tracking locations. It is often realized from previous investigation that some people make false accusations and spread malicious rumors by developing fake social media profiles. At times people also involve in revengeful activities and publish revenge porn (Reyns et al., 2020). The misperception that in terms online harassment physical contact is not there so cybercrime is not as severe as that of the physical form of abuse.
Cyber stalking: Criminals & Victims
Cyber stalkers pursue the victims for a certain period. Statistics have mentioned that the overwhelming majority of cyber stalkers are men and it is found that most women are the victims of cyberstalking. The victims of online harassment can be mature adults or young adults. It has been also found that the weak sins are children and they can be victimized by a group or organization. The victims of cyberstalking mostly women and children face the abuse of sextortion. This is when the individuals are threatened and victimized with the release of sensitive information unless they are unable to meet the demand for sexual favors or any other kinds of abuse (Moneva, 2020).
Statistical reports point out that internet users experience online harassment and, in most cases, the victims are subjected to harassing behavior online. In some cases, victims are indirectly harassed by fake calls and have witnessed the harassing behaviors in terms of physical threats or any other sexual harassment or stalking. Abusers can take help of the anonymity features of the internet to commit crimes and there are limited options to identity the stalkers. This can make their fear more palatable and prosecution more unlikely (Marcum, 2020). Social networking has been presented as a security issue for the victims of stalking....