A Comparative Study of India, Canada, and Australia in Support of Cybercrime Victims

Authors

  • Sina Kia - Ph.D. Student, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Chalous, Iran. Author
  • Ali Ghobani Faculty Member, Department of Law Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Chalous, Iran. Author

Keywords:

Australia, Cybercrime, Female Victims, Canada, India

Abstract

With the advent of the Internet, a favorable environment was created for connecting computer networks, this space, which was initially used to create comfort for human society, gradually became a tool for achieving criminal purposes; And this led to the emergence of laws related to cybercrime; A cybercrime is a crime committed in a non-physical environment against information technology with simulation and virtualization modes; Crimes that occur in cyberspace; they mainly have characteristics such as urgency, lack of need to be present at the scene of the crime and difficulty in social control. It sought to protect and support victims in various dimensions, such as simple or special criminal protection, formal protection, material protection, moral protection, and finally social protection. Among them, the female victims have suffered the most, and despite government measures, women still have the highest number of injuries; Given that this issue has been neglected in the present age. This article examines the protection of female victims of cybercrime in these countries through a comparative study of the laws of India, Australia and Canada. It was found that Canada and India, in addition to substantive support, have also paid some attention to social and spiritual support, but in Australia, attention to social support, despite other support, is still far from Comments are left.

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Published

2025-03-06

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Research article