An Analysis of Perception and Awareness of Undergraduate Youth Towards Cybercrime

Abstract

The perception of a situation or reality determines how one responds and awareness is the first step towards understanding, knowing or recognizing it. The majority of the public and the police may be familiar with the phrase ‘cybercrime’, but all of them are fully informed of the nature and scope of these crimes, as well as of the cybercriminals and cyber victims, which has an impact on how they see these issues. This study's main goal was to examine the perception and awareness of cybercrime among undergraduate youth studying in BBA or BCA courses. In this study, we discovered that young people's responses to cybercrime mostly depend on their perceptions of it and their awareness level. To accomplish the study's objective, a thorough examination of existing literature was undertaken. Primary data of 200 students were collected through Google Forms. Percentile analysis, correlation analysis and t-test are done to test the hypotheses. The results of this study may help college administrators better comprehend the mindset of today's youth as they develop laws and policies aimed at reducing cybercrime among students. The results of this study show that the youngsters surveyed have high levels of awareness and a good perception.

Citation

Joshi, K. and Kaushik, P. (2024), "An Analysis of Perception and Awareness of Undergraduate Youth Towards Cybercrime", Misra, R.K., Purankar, S.A., Goel, D., Kapoor, S. and Sharma, R.B. (Ed.) Resilient Businesses for Sustainability (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 34A), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 101-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-63612024000034A010