The Impact of Cyberspace and its Prevention Strategies onChildren and Adolescents' Crimes

Cyberspace, in addition to the numerous advantages it hasachieved for various aspects of human life, in some cases, becomes aninappropriate platform for committing crimes, which is one of thedisadvantages of cyberspace. The purpose of this article is to compilethe role and impact of cyberspace and new technologies such as: theInternet, social networks, etc. It is in the process of forming crimesamong children and adolescents and providing solutions to preventcrime in this field based on library and internet methods. The researchmethod in this article is analytical-descriptive and qualitative.Cyberspace, like other types of technology, can be useful in manycases. For example, children and adolescents can experience a bettersituation by using cyberspace in the educational field. Every newphenomenon as soon as it enters the real world will bring dilemmas inaddition to opportunities. Therefore, in order to overcome theseproblems, it is necessary to turn to various types of prevention,including development-oriented prevention in the case of children andadolescents. Family supervision, along with educating children andregulating the child's privacy, can prevent them from being pushedtowards cyberspaces, in a behavioral and psychological orientationtowards crime and violence, disregard for the law, and moral andsocial values. In this article, we try to discuss the significantrelationship between the mentioned factors and the effect ofcyberspace on the tendency to join in the occurrence of crime andviolence and the decline of morality among children and adolescents.

کلیدواژه ها:

Cyberspace ، Prevention ، Child and Adolescent Crime ، Internet