The Changing Crime Landscape in the United States: A Scoping Review of Cybercrime in Criminological Research

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Abstract

As the incidences of traditional crime rates in the United States have continued to decline (FBI, 2022), there has been a surge and shift in the kinds of criminal activities perpetuated by individuals. The recent shift in criminal activities includes organized crime, white-collar crime, and cybercrime. Research exploring these kinds of crimes has been less studied in criminological literature, particularly research in cybercrime. Moreover, the field of cybercrime has been in dearth of both theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding its dynamics. Hence, this research executes a scoping review of criminological studies in cybercrime, identifying approaches in conceptualization, operationalization, use of data and analysis, and the application of this subject, etc. This scoping review will advance the growing field of cybercrime and will help the criminological scholarship in understanding the gaps that exist and help policymakers keep up with development and implement evidence-based solutions in tackling this issue.

Author

• Gift Onwuadiamu, University of Delaware