Cybercrime Consciousness Among Undergraduate Students
Muideen Adeseye Awodiran, Abiodun Thomas Ogundele, Udosen Jacob Idem, Emem Anwana, Oshionebo Emem · 2023
The growing rate of cyberspace crimes in nations across the world and Nigeria in particular calls for concern. Adolescents who are typically students and more frequent on the internet constitute the most victims of cybercrimes. Lack of cybercrime consciousness has been attributed to the increasing rate of cybercrimes in Nigeria. This study assessed the level of undergraduate students’ cybercrime consciousness, as well as the difference between the level of cybercrime consciousness according to gender. Data were gathered from a sample of 171 undergraduate students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, through a survey questionnaire, and were analysed using descriptive and independent sample t-test statistics. The study found that the extent of cybercrime consciousness amongst undergraduate students is generally low. Also, the study found a significant difference on the extent of cybercrime consciousness among female and male students. It is recommended that more efforts be geared towards campaigns on the pervasiveness of cybercrimes to engender more awareness and reduce the incidence of cyberspace criminalities.