In this assignment, you are asked to write a short series of blog posts (2 blogs in total). Both blogs will be submitted together as Assessment Item 2.Note: This is an academic assignment – so your...

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In this assignment, you are asked to writea short series of blog posts(2 blogs in total). Both blogs will be submitted together as Assessment Item 2.Note: This is an academic assignment – so your blog posts must be fully referenced and supported by relevant research and literature.TASK
Step 1 - Choose a topic

  • You canchoose ONEof the following topics on which to base your blog series: data breaches; ransomware attacks; image-based abuse; cyber bullying; cyber harassment; online child exploitation; identity theft and fraud; online investment fraud or online romance fraud.


Step 2 – Writing the blog posts

  • You are to write two (2) blog posts on yourONEchosen topic – each blog post will have a different focus and purpose:



  • Blog 1:

    • Description/definitional parameters of the cybercrime chosen;

    • Scale and prevalence of the cybercrime type chosen;

    • Its impact (financial; psychological etc)

    • Blog length = 700 words





  • Blog 2:

    • apply the theoretical frame of Routine Activities Approach

    • who are the typical actors? (characteristics and motivation of offenders; characteristics of victims including what makes them vulnerable to victimization; who are the guardians and what role can they play in preventing and reacting to the crime) and,

    • how is the crime enacted? (context and intersection of actors)

    • you can choose to talk about the crime generically or choose a specific case study on which to base your discussion

    • Blog length = 1500 words




Criteria & Marking:


CRITERION and FORMATRelevant criterion and format for EACH blog are detailed below (a more detailed marking rubric will be available on L@G):


  • Title: Please think of an engaging title to attract readers – one title per blog.


  • Content: You should focus on the information that you think would be most useful to your audience.


  • Research: You need to use research (academic, empirical and/or government) to support the content of your blogs. All the claims and suggestions you make need to be referenced and properly cited.


  • Theory: Blog 2 asks you to apply Routine Activities Approach as your framework. You will use this framework to discuss the specific content covered in the blog.


  • References: Include information from
    at least
    5 sources outside of the assigned readingsfor each blog. APA reference style.


  • Format: Type your blog posts in a Word document – each blog post should start on a new page. Each blog should have a brief introductory paragraph; paragraphs that make up the body of the blog; brief concluding paragraph.


  • Length:EACHblog post has a specific word limit. Blog 1 = 700 words; Blog 2 = 1500 words (not including in-text referencing and reference list).


  • Audience: Who is your audience? The general public but remember you are writing as an expert for an non-expert audience.





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Answer To: In this assignment, you are asked to write a short series of blog posts (2 blogs in total). Both...

Neha answered on Aug 28 2021
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Cyber Fraud And Relevant Criminal Laws         0
Cyber Fraud And Relevant Criminal Laws        1
CYBER FRAUD AND RELEVANT CRIMINAL LAWS
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Description    2
Scale
and prevalence of cyber frauds and harassments    2
Impact of cyber fraud    3
References    5
Description
Cybercrime is one of the most notorious phenomena of the modern crime world. The criminal activities of cybercrime are often undetected and unrevealed. It is quite difficult for the authority to catch a criminal of cybercrime since most of the time, the criminal remains anonymous. Cyber fraud resonates, the criminal activities where the crime is committed to a person with dishonest interest by manipulation and fraudulent acts. Most of the time, these criminal activities cause financial and emotional disadvantages, leaving the victim in distress. The crime branch of the government has many policies to defeat the dishonest fraudulent activities of cybercrime (Button & Cross, 2017). Cybercrimes are committed with the help of the internet and networking. With advancement of technology, cybercrimes have increased. Commonwealth legislation within parts 10.7 and 10.8 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 are used to solve the cases related to cybercrime. The trickery of cyber fraud cases has created the alteration of many laws and regulations to help the authority deal with the cases.
Scale and prevalence of cyber frauds and harassments
At least 47% of financial theft cases have been reported in the year 2020 with the theft of over 700 billion dollars. In the year 2019, the number of theft cases had been 502.5 billion dollars and it has been increased by 42% the following year (Kemp,...
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