A Current and Future Challenge to Contemporary Policing: The Changing Profile of Crime and the Police Response

Abstract

As cyberspace becomes a major means of exchanging information and knowledge, and as the general public spends more time accessing and using technical gadgets, the possibility of unconsciously being associated with crime is increasing. In a similar vein, the incidence of violent crime is gradually decreasing in statistical indicators, but the number of fraud cases has increased more than two times between 2014 and 2019 (Korea—National Police Agency, 2020), which indicates that the proportion of cybercrime cases is growing compared with traditional crimes. Against this backdrop, the original paper delivers important discussions which should be paid attention to for academics and professionals. First, this paper well captured the significant changes in the profile of criminal offending as well as victimization patterns. To support their arguments, the authors compared the two countries and tried to elicit meaningful implications. Second, this paper explored various aspects of police responses to cyber...