Final Project Introduction: Evolution of Cybercrimes

Evolution of Cyberbullying
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Evolution of Cyberbullying
Most parents do not have any idea of how desperate their children are until it is too late when something bad had happened to them. Most of the teenagers who have been bullied or are receiving some sort of harassment from their peers end up committing suicide. Beside suicides, tragic stories resulting from cyberbullying are becoming frequent not only in America but across the world. Cyberbullying victims are often impacted with intense psychological and emotional effects with most of the victims experiencing at least one or a combination of various feelings such as shame, embarrassment and isolation. In most cases, this results in tragic physical violence. The media has reported some of the most tragic and appalling incidents of cyber bullying. These media reports are alarming not only to parents, but also to educators and policy makers. Therefore, this project is aimed at providing parents, educators and policy makers an overview of cyber bullying. To begin the project, it is important to have a look at bullying before technological advancements and its relationship to cyber bullying.
Bullying
In the past four decades, bullying in schools has increased and is linked to the rising homicide and suicide cases in most areas. Scholars have argued that the motive of bullying is something that cannot be changed or corrected by the victims such sexual orientations, economic status, body size or even their color. A research that was conducted by “Fight the Crime Teen” explains that some of the primary cyber bullying motives revolves around having an interest in a certain gender, race, sexual orientation and appearance (Raskauskas, 2009). On the other hand, Safran and Safran (2008) utilizes the Social Skills Deficit Model to assert that bullies engage in bullying activities so that they can remain or maintain their social statuses and power.
The schoolyard bullying is often conflicting in various characteristics across the grade levels. The elementary kids may engage in name calling as well as hitting each other while middle and high school students may take it to a different level due to the various opportunities such as cellular phones and access to...