A STUDY OF E- CRIME AWARENESS IN GOVERNMENT AND NON GOVERNMENT SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS

Abstract

The computer is used in each and every sector wherein cyberspace provides equal opportunities to all for economic growth and human development. Mostly people don’t know about cybercrime and cyber laws. So today’s need to aware the society about cybercrimes and cyber laws.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: In the present study, descriptive research (survey method) has applied to describe and interpret what exists at present.

POPULATION: This research, senior secondary students studying in Rishikesh Nagar Nigam district Dehradun constitute the population (28 senior secondary schools approximate 8,566 students) of the study.

SAMPLING METHOD, SAMPLE: In the present study stratified random sampling technique used for the selection of sample. sample has selected from 4 government (165 students) & 4 private (168 students) senior secondary school of Rishikesh (Nagar Palika) District Dehradun which has selected randomly.

RESEARCH TOOL: Cyber crime awareness inventory developed by researcher for senior secondary school students. It has 40 items. Reliability 0.58 and Validity (concurrent) is 0.52 of this tool.

STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES: inferential statistics (test of significance ‘t’ test, correlation of coefficient) use for the analysis of data.

RESULT: It is observed that male senior secondary school students have been found high level E- (cyber) crime awareness (E- cyber awareness, cyber knowledge, cyber crime safety and cyber crime law) than followed by female senior secondary school students. In government senior secondary school students have found better E- (cyber) crime awareness in comparison to non-government senior secondary school students. In correlation between internet user and E-(cyber) crime awareness in senior secondary school students positively correlated. Use of internet of senior secondary school students is found to be significantly and negatively correlation with the cyber-crime awareness.