School of Continuing Education - Evidentia University
Cybercrimes Against Persons: Sex Crimes, Scams and Harassment
Understand cybercrimes that target people directly.
A professional course on cybercrimes against persons, including sexting, sextortion, grooming, dating violence, gender-based violence, identity theft, cyberbullying, cyberstalking and hate crimes.
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Cyberprofiling for crimes against individuals
This course studies crimes that occur in cyberspace and target individuals. It introduces cyberprofiling as a way to analyze patterns, behaviors and motives in order to identify, prevent and respond to cybercrimes.
An 8-week self-paced online format for working professionals.
The subjects covered inside the course
The official course content goes beyond a general overview. It studies cybercrimes that target individuals directly and examines how these behaviors appear, escalate and can be analyzed from a cyberprofiling perspective.
Pornography distribution
How explicit content circulates online and the impact this can have on individuals.
Sexting and sextortion
The sensitive dynamics of sexting and the coercive mechanisms involved in sextortion.
Grooming
Manipulative tactics used by offenders to exploit, coerce and control individuals online.
Dating and gender-based violence
Digital behaviors that appear in dating contexts, relationships and gender-based violence.
Identity theft
Techniques used by cybercriminals to steal personal information and identities.
Cyberbullying
Online harassment dynamics and the ways aggressive behavior intensifies in digital settings.
Cyberstalking
Persistent stalking behaviors in virtual environments and their implications for victim safety.
Hate crimes online
How prejudice and discrimination manifest in cyberspace and become criminal behavior.
The course also introduces a cyberprofiling perspective to analyze patterns, behaviors and motives in order to identify, prevent and respond to cybercrimes.
Expert instructors
Learn from professionals with experience in cybersecurity and digital forensic analysis.
Real-world scenarios
Work through cases and practical situations that connect concepts with professional use.
Cybersecurity tools
Become familiar with tools and techniques used in cyberprofiling and digital investigations.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
The course is organized around practical, focused outcomes you can connect to your professional context.
Understand online crimes against persons
Identify different types of cybercrimes that target individuals in digital environments.
Use a cyberprofile perspective
Approach crimes in cyberspace through the lens of cyberprofiles and behavioral patterns.
Analyze prevention criteria
Study subjective and objective criteria of cybercrimes to better understand how they occur and how they may be prevented.
Where this course can help
A compact skill set for professionals who need clearer behavioral, investigative or decision-making tools.
Victim protection and prevention
Cybercrime investigation
Risk, compliance and digital safety
Online, self-paced and clearly structured
The official course format is designed for flexible study, with online lessons, materials and tutor support.
How you study
Lessons and materials are available online. The course is self-paced within the published duration and does not require live classes.
How you complete it
Students must pass all quizzes, pass the final activity and reach a final score of 7/10 or higher to obtain the Certificate of Completion.
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Certificate of Completion issued by School of Continuing Education - Evidentia University.