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Author: Mazowita, Benjamin

Title: Police-reported Cybercrime in Canada, 2012

Summary: The Internet is an increasingly integral part of the daily lives of Canadians. According to results from the Canadian Internet Use Survey, 83% of Canadians aged 16 and over accessed the Internet for personal use in 2012. A majority of Internet users in Canada did their banking online (72%), visited social networking sites (67%), and ordered goods and services online (56%). The total dollar value of orders placed online by Canadians reached $18.9 billion in 2012 (Statistics Canada 2013). The rapid growth in Internet use has allowed for the emergence of new criminal opportunities (Nuth 2008). Criminal offences involving a computer or the Internet as either the target of a crime or as an instrument used to commit a crime are collectively known as cybercrime. Frauds, identity theft, extortion, criminal harassment, certain sexual offences, and offences related to child pornography are among the criminal violations that can be committed over the Internet using a computer, tablet, or smart phone. Using data from the 2012 Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, this Juristat article examines police-reported cybercrime in Canada. Analysis is presented on the number of cybercrimes reported by police services covering 80% of the population of Canada, as well as the characteristics of incidents, victims, and persons accused of cyber-related violations. These findings are supplemented with self-reported data on cyber-bullying, based on results from the 2009 General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization.

Details: Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2014. 24p.

Source: Internet Resource: Juristat Bulletin: Accessed October 2, 2014 at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2014001/article/14093-eng.pdf

Year: 2014

Country: Canada

URL: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2014001/article/14093-eng.pdf

Shelf Number: 133541

Keywords:
Child Pornography
Computer Crimes
Criminal Statistics
Cyber-Bullying
Cybercrimes (Canada)
Identity Theft
Internet Crimes
Victims of Crime