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What is Virtual Offence

Handbook of Research on Digital Violence and Discrimination Studies
Crimes with the means of a computer, or virtual crimes that equates to cybercrimes that are committed against a computer.
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Increasing Virtual Offences Through Cyberbullying in Developing Countries: Catalytic Factors Leading to Virtual Offences
Karthikeyan C. (T. John College, Bengaluru, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9187-1.ch024
Abstract
Cyberbullying malice is more a socio-psychological issue in developing countries like India. The kinds of virtual offences indirectly through cyberbullying and the toll on the various segments of society are concentrated to bring attention to the increasing maladaptive consequences of the virtual offences. The chapter concentrates on the direct and indirect methods of consistent evolution in the methods of virtually offensive practices against children, adolescents, school students, college students, and women in general. The chapter highlights the methods of cyberbullying happening across developing countries like India. It also describes the catalytic factors leading to virtual offences committed online and their nature, evolution, impact, and intensity on the victims' psyche across developing countries like India.
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