Study of Awareness about Cybercrime among Medical Undergraduates
Rajesh D Kharat, Rahul V. Kedare · Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology · 2019
World becomes more digitally sophisticated with the present technological environment. Beingapartofe-world, we depend upon internet for various purposes. Earlier days, internet was usedfor researchpurposeandcommunication purposes alone. Today, it got extension into the fields like e-business, e-commerce, e-governanceand social networking. The increased reliance on cyber space has paved way for a rapidgrowthincybercrimes. As the cybercrime rate is day by day,the need for cyber awareness, laws and its applications gather great momentum.This paper tries to find out awareness of Information Technology among the youth of medical undergraduatesin Pune. The paper is entitled as “Awareness about Cybercrime among medical undergraduates”. Researchersalso investigate youth’s awareness on various sections, familiarity with cybercrimes, cybercrimesoffendersand victimized youth. The study found that youth of Pune have a basic level of understandingonInformationTechnology