Metacrime and Cybercrime: Exploring the Convergence and Divergence in Digital Criminality

• Published in: Asian journal of criminology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 419 - 439
• Main Authors: Zhou, You, Tiwari, Milind, Bernot, Ausma, Lin, Kai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Crime; Criminal investigations; Criminology; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Cybercrime; Law; Law and Criminolgy; Political Science; Rape; Sex crimes; Social Sciences; Taxonomy; User generated content; Virtual reality; Metacrime; Digital criminality; Metaverse; Cybercrime; Virtual reality

The advent of the metaverse has given rise to metacrime, a novel category of criminal activities occurring in the metaverse, which not only challenges conventional digital criminality but existing law enforcement frameworks. To address the scholarship vacancy, this study examines the intersections a...