[01] Md. Kamruzzaman, School of Victimology and Restorative Justice, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh; School of Criminology and Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh; School of Law, National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh. [02] Md. Ashraful Islam, School of Victimology and Restorative Justice, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh; School of Criminology and Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh. [03] Md. Shahidul Islam, School of Criminology and Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh. [04] Md. Shakhawat Hossain, School of Criminology and Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh. [05] Md. Abdul Hakim, School of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.

Cyber crime is a buzzword all over the world. Due to the global connectivity and online activities it has become a global concern, not a territorial one and is spreading in a terrific volume. In this regard mostly the young people are in vulnerability and being victimized by various means. The study aim was to access these states in South Asian developing countries (i.e., the demographic subdivision Bangladesh). The descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out to assess the perception, causes and consequence of cyber crime among youth using purposive sampling method taking a sum of 118 respondents from Tangail municipality and Dhaka north City Corporation areas in Bangladesh. The study found most of respondents (46.61%) belonged to age group 19 to 21 years and 66.10% were male while 60.16% were in vulnerability of cyber crime by Internet fraud and 78.81% agreed that social media increase victimization by dissemination of false information (55.08%). It also found Maximum respondents (82.20%) were affected by virus attack, 56.78% were secondary victimized while most of them (72.03%) felt unsafe in cyber space and 61.86% said awareness can reduce victimization.

Youth Perception, Cyber Crime, Hacking, Victimization, South Asian Countries

[01] Shabnam N, Faruk MO and Kamruzzaman M (2016). Underlying Causes of Cyber-Criminality and Victimization: An Empirical Study on Students. Social Sciences, 5(1): 1-6. [02] Yar, M. (2005). The novelty of ‘cyber crime’: An assessment in light of routine activity theory. European Society of Criminology, 2, 407-427. [03] Frances, Umeozulu (2012) Perception of cyber crime among Nigerian Youths, Caritas University, Enugu. [04] El-Guindy (2008). Cybercrime in the Middle East. ISSA. J. [05] Fafinski, S (2008). UK cyber crime report. [06] Kamruzzaman, M and Hakim MA. (2016). Livelihood Status of Fishing Community of Dhaleshwari River in Central Bangladesh. International Journal of Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2(1): 25-29. [07] Hossain, A. (2004). Access to Internet: Bangladesh perspective. From http://www.apdip.net/documents /evaluation/indicators/itu-bd16112004.ppt. [08] www.crime-research.org/news/07.11.2007/2995. [09] Kowalski, M. (2002). Cyber-crime: Issues, data sources, and feasibility of collecting police-reported statistics. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. [10] Graycar, A. (2000) Fraud prevention and control in Australia. Paper presented at the AIC Fraud Prevention and Control Conference, Surfer’s Paradise. [11] Kamruzzaman M. (2015). Child Victimization at Working Places in Bangladesh, American Journal of Applied Psychology, 4(6): 146-159. [12] Hoffer, J. A., and D. W. Straub, 1989, The 9 to 5 Underground: Are You Policing Computer Crimes? Sloan Management Review (Summer1989): 35-43. [13] Robert Bohm, Keith Haley (2007), Introduction to Criminal Justice, McGraw-Hill press. [14] Kamruzzaman M and Hakim M A. (2015). Child Criminalization at Slum Areas in Dhaka City, American Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 1(4): 107-111. [15] Casey, E. (2000). Digital evidence and computer crime. London: Academic Press. [16] Cohen, L., & Felson, M. (1979). Social change and crime ratetrends: A routine activity approach. American Sociological Review, 44, 588-608. [17] Kamruzzaman M and Hakim M A. (2015). Socio-economic Status of Child Beggars in Dhaka City. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1 (5): 516-520. [18] Gordon, L. A. et al., 2003, A Framework for Using Insurance for Cyber-Risk Management, Communications of the ACM, 46(3): 81-85. [19] Jaishankar K. (2008). Space Transition Theory of Cyber Crimes. [20] Kamruzzaman M. (2015). Dowry related Violence against Rural Women in Bangladesh. American Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 1(4): 112-116. [21] Baskerville R. (1991) Risk Analysis: An Interpretive Feasibility Tool in Justifying Information Systems Security. European Journal of Information Systems, 1 (2): 121-130. [22] Hakim M A and Kamruzzaman, M. (2015). Nutritional Status of Central Bangladesh Street Children. American Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Research, 2 (5): 133-137. [23] Hakim M A and Kamruzzaman M. (2015). Nutritional Status of Preschoolers in Four Selected Fisher Communities. American Journal of Life Sciences, 3 (4): 332-336. [24] Kamruzzaman M and Hakim M A. (2015). Family Planning Practices among Married Women attending Primary Health Care Centers in Bangladesh. International Journal of Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 1 (3): 251-255. [25] Kamruzzaman M and Hakim M A. (2016). Factors Associated with the Suicidal Tsunami as a MentalIllness: Findings from an Epidemiological Study. American Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 1(1): 1-5. [26] Kamruzzaman M and Hakim M A. (2016). Prostitution Going Spiral: The Myth of Commercial Child Sex. International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 1(1): 1-6. [27] Das SK, Khan M B U and Kamruzzaman M. (2016). Preventive Detention and Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: The Violation of Human Rights in Bangladesh. American Journal of Business and Society, 1(3): 60-67. [28] Kamruzzaman M. et al. (2016). Patterns of Behavioural Changes Among Adolescent Smokers: An Empirical Study. Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences, 1(1): 1-6. [29] Kamruzzaman M and Hakim M A. (2016) Socio-economic Status of Slum Dwellers: An Empirical Study on the Capital City of Bangladesh, American Journal of Business and Society, 1(2): 13-18. [30] Kamruzzaman M and Hakim M A. (2016). Condom Using Prevalence and Phobia on Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Sex-Buyers in Bangladesh, American Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health, 1(1): 1-5. [31] Power R. (2001). CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, Computer Security Issues and Trends, 7(1): 1-18. [32] Rahman, A., Harding, A., Tanton, R. and Liu, S. (2013). Simulating the characteristics of populations at the small area level: New validation techniques for a spatial microsimulation model in Australia, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 57(1): 149-165. [33] Rahman, A., Harding, A., Tanton, R. and Liu, S. (2010). Methodological issues in spatial microsimulation modeling for small area estimation, International Journal of Microsimulation, 3(2): 3-22. [34] Hakim MA. (2016). Malnutrition Prevalence and Nutrition Counseling in Developing Countries: A Case Study. International Journal of Nursing and Health Science, 3(3): 19-22.