DIGITAL CRIMINOLOY – critical realist
Part 1 (15%): write down the main premise of each theory
Part 2 ( 40%): multiple-choice questions
Part 3 (45%): long-answer (in-depth account of perspectives),
thorough account of perspectives, history, strengths, critiques –
origins, main concepts, significance and critiques
PART 1
Key premise
- Grounded in the idea that technology reshapes society, digital crim
examines how digital technology enables and transforms crime,
justice, and social control in contemporary societies
PART 2
Digital criminology explores: (select all that apply)
a) Exclusively new forms of crime
b) Pre-existing forms of crime that have moved to the digital sphere
c) Ways to tackle new forms of crime emerging from the use of digital
technologies
d) How technological advances can be used for more sophisticated
crime control
Which of the following statements about digital dehumanisation
is correct?
a) Digital dehumanisation refers to the process by which people are
reduced to data, and those data are used to make decisions that
can negatively impact their lives
b) Digital dehumanisation describes situations where technology
directly replaces human workers through automation
c) Digital dehumanisation refers to individuals losing internet access
due to digital exclusion or poverty
d) Digital dehumanisation is when people spend so much time online
that they lose their sense of real-world identity
1. Key Premise of Digital Criminology
Choose the right answer
, Q1. The central premise of digital criminology is that:
A. Digital crime is separate from ‘real’ crime
B. Technology merely provides new tools for old crimes
C. Digital technologies reshape crime, justice, and social control
D. Crime in digital spaces is primarily individual and rational
Correct answer: C
Choose all that apply
Q2. Digital criminology examines:
☐ How digital technologies enable and transform crime
☐ Changes in justice and social control through technology
☐ Only cybercrime and online offending
☐ The blurred boundaries between online and offline worlds
Correct answers:
☑ How digital technologies enable and transform crime
☑ Changes in justice and social control through technology
☑ The blurred boundaries between online and offline worlds
2. Origins: The Internet and Crime
Choose the right answer
Q3. In the pre-web era (1980s–90s), crime involving computers was
mainly characterised by:
A. Social media harassment and doxxing
B. White-collar crime such as data and identity theft
C. Deep web drug markets
D. Platform-based exploitation
Correct answer: B
Choose all that apply
Q4. The global web era (1990s–2000s) saw the emergence of:
☐ Identity theft and financial crime
☐ Child sexual exploitation material
☐ Illicit markets on the deep/dark web
☐ A clear separation between online and offline crime
Correct answers:
☑ Identity theft and financial crime
Part 1 (15%): write down the main premise of each theory
Part 2 ( 40%): multiple-choice questions
Part 3 (45%): long-answer (in-depth account of perspectives),
thorough account of perspectives, history, strengths, critiques –
origins, main concepts, significance and critiques
PART 1
Key premise
- Grounded in the idea that technology reshapes society, digital crim
examines how digital technology enables and transforms crime,
justice, and social control in contemporary societies
PART 2
Digital criminology explores: (select all that apply)
a) Exclusively new forms of crime
b) Pre-existing forms of crime that have moved to the digital sphere
c) Ways to tackle new forms of crime emerging from the use of digital
technologies
d) How technological advances can be used for more sophisticated
crime control
Which of the following statements about digital dehumanisation
is correct?
a) Digital dehumanisation refers to the process by which people are
reduced to data, and those data are used to make decisions that
can negatively impact their lives
b) Digital dehumanisation describes situations where technology
directly replaces human workers through automation
c) Digital dehumanisation refers to individuals losing internet access
due to digital exclusion or poverty
d) Digital dehumanisation is when people spend so much time online
that they lose their sense of real-world identity
1. Key Premise of Digital Criminology
Choose the right answer
, Q1. The central premise of digital criminology is that:
A. Digital crime is separate from ‘real’ crime
B. Technology merely provides new tools for old crimes
C. Digital technologies reshape crime, justice, and social control
D. Crime in digital spaces is primarily individual and rational
Correct answer: C
Choose all that apply
Q2. Digital criminology examines:
☐ How digital technologies enable and transform crime
☐ Changes in justice and social control through technology
☐ Only cybercrime and online offending
☐ The blurred boundaries between online and offline worlds
Correct answers:
☑ How digital technologies enable and transform crime
☑ Changes in justice and social control through technology
☑ The blurred boundaries between online and offline worlds
2. Origins: The Internet and Crime
Choose the right answer
Q3. In the pre-web era (1980s–90s), crime involving computers was
mainly characterised by:
A. Social media harassment and doxxing
B. White-collar crime such as data and identity theft
C. Deep web drug markets
D. Platform-based exploitation
Correct answer: B
Choose all that apply
Q4. The global web era (1990s–2000s) saw the emergence of:
☐ Identity theft and financial crime
☐ Child sexual exploitation material
☐ Illicit markets on the deep/dark web
☐ A clear separation between online and offline crime
Correct answers:
☑ Identity theft and financial crime
