With the popularity and easy access to the internet now days, we should start to question our safety. Social networking sites have made it more easy for us to all become a victim or a victimizer. As much as we don't realize it, we invest ourselves wholly into our virtual image while being naive to the dangers in the cybersphere.The debate as to whether or not certain crimes occur via the internet, is a too broad of a topic to touch base on. Because of how much we use the internet, if and when we fall victim to an online crime, are we just as psychologically altered as we are when the crime occurs face to face? The focus of this paper will be centered around pedophilia, beginning with a description and history of this crime in the real world and then how it has crossed over into the cybersphere. With this all described, we will look at the severity of the crime, then look at the invasion of the psychological affects for a victim in each of the atmospheres to determine if one is more evasive than the other. We find the effects and severity of pedophilia in each atmosphere are very much the same in every aspect. The conclusion of psychological affects on a child in the physical world are just as damaging in the cybersphere.
October 2009 Archives
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1. Describe your topic: The trials and tribulations of policing child pornography on the internet.
2. What are some of the most interesting conversations taking place surrounding this topic? some of the more interesting debates are whether or not owning child pornography is against our first amendment rights, whether or not a governing body should be created for when issues are internationally.
3. Can you imagine any relevant conversations you have missed?
4. If you could get representatives of just two groups into a room, what pair would make for the most interesting matchup?
5. Of these, which one has the fewest limitations for a student researcher like myself(ex. Theoretical Physics is fascinating but hard to break into)?
6. Of these, which best lend themselves to first-hand research?
7. Of these, which best lend themselves to discussion in terms of the assignment theme--digital culture-- exposing the unfamiliar or surprising dimensions?
8. Based on these answers, the most relevant conversations are:
9. Based on the answers above, an interesting, relevant research question would be:
2. What are some of the most interesting conversations taking place surrounding this topic? some of the more interesting debates are whether or not owning child pornography is against our first amendment rights, whether or not a governing body should be created for when issues are internationally.
3. Can you imagine any relevant conversations you have missed?
4. If you could get representatives of just two groups into a room, what pair would make for the most interesting matchup?
5. Of these, which one has the fewest limitations for a student researcher like myself(ex. Theoretical Physics is fascinating but hard to break into)?
6. Of these, which best lend themselves to first-hand research?
7. Of these, which best lend themselves to discussion in terms of the assignment theme--digital culture-- exposing the unfamiliar or surprising dimensions?
8. Based on these answers, the most relevant conversations are:
9. Based on the answers above, an interesting, relevant research question would be:
I think I will continue with the research topic of Psychological Effects of Virtual Crime vs. Real Crime. I believe that this topic was just a blip on what could be said and branch into a justice system; whether or not one should be formed. The only issue I may come into is if there is any valid research into the psychological effects or if a study has been formed for a possible justice system of such "crimes".
