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Perception Of Cybercrime Among Nigerian Youths
[A CASE STUDY OF CARITAS UNIVERSITY]
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1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1. To find out how Nigerian youths perceive cybercrime.
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To assess the ways federal government can curb the continued spread of
cybercrime among Nigerian youths and the general public.
3. To ascertain the factors that tends to cause young people’s involvement in cybercrime in Nigeria.
4. To find out if the internet is used as a channel for the perpetration of criminal spamming activities.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. In what way do Nigerian youths perceive cybercrime?
2.
What are the ways Federal Government can curb the continued spread of
cybercrime among Nigerian youth and the general public?
3. Is the internet used as a channel for the perpetration of criminal spamming activities?
4. What are the factors that tend to cause people’s involvement in cybercrime in Nigeria?
1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
H0: internet is not used as a channel for the perpetration of criminal spamming activities.
H1: internet is used as a channel for the perpetration of criminal spamming activities.
H0: the Federal Government cannot curb the continued spread of cybercrime among Nigerian youths and the general public.
H2: the Federal Government can curb the continued spread of cybercrime among Nigerian youths and the general public.
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study, which is primarily aimed at explaining how cybercrime has
impacted on the perception of youths in the society, will provide an
insight into the problems associated with cybercrime.
This report
would be of great benefit for youths, to expose them to the factors that
tend to cause young people’s involvement in cybercrime in Nigeria.
It
would be useful to the government and related stakeholders to enable
them adequately understand factors responsible for and how to curb the
continue spread of cybercrime among Nigerian youths [and the general
public].
The findings will be useful for researchers to further generate knowledge in the field.
1.8 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This
study focused on the perception of cybercrime among Nigerian youths,
using students in Caritas University as the study group.
A major
limitation of the group is the samples were only from Caritas University
where it was chosen as the area in carrying out this research.
This
finding is based on the results gathered from Caritas University
students on the perception of cybercrime among Nigerian youths.
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