Necessity of Paradigm Shift in Criminological Theorizing
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The traditional linkage of defective educational acquisition and the propensity to engage in antisocial
behaviours has been accentuated in criminological theory. However, current development
in ICT environment preferred for spacelessness, timelessness with its unchanging requirement
for ingenuity in the use and mastery of e-interaction has consistently queried the veracity of
defective education and crime participation. A survey on cyber fraud conducted in Nigeria found
out that the acquisition of requisite education is central to technology-driven crime participation
and guarantees continual survival and career longevity in crime business. Consequently, this
article analyses the necessity of educational acquisition for crime participation and further
advocated for a paradigm shift to accommodate the changing trends in the education-crime
symbiotic relationship in the ICT age. This is germane to criminology of ICT in capturing and
mitigating the victimization that are contactable through participation in e-relationship.
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H Social Sciences (General), HM Sociology