DIGITAL TOOLS AND CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION IN FCT-ABUJA BY

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dc.contributor.authorAfunogo, kenechi oremus
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-14T07:09:19Z
dc.date.available2023-12-14T07:09:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-07
dc.descriptionthesisen_US
dc.description.abstractCybercrime involves using computers and Internet by individuals to commit crime. The research was centred on the Nigerian Police Force to explore their technicalities and challenges encountered in the course of investigating and combating the menace of Cybercrime. The research area was FCT-Abuja and the researcher selected two Police Stations namely; Gwarinpa Divisional Headquarters and Asokoro Divisional Headquarters where questionnaires was distributed to respondents comprising of Officers/Men of the Nigeria Police to ascertain effectiveness of digital tools used in the investigation of cybercrime. Data was collected primarily through the use of questionnaire. The researcher adopted the simple random sampling techniques to give an unbiased opportunity for each respondent selected and researcher used the SPSS Statistical tools to analyses the data gotten from the respondents. The study revealed that Mobile Phone tracker is the most effective tools used by the police in investigating cybercrime, the study further revealed that the Nigerian Police are ill equipped with digital tools and lack requisite knowledge to advance the smart and digital sound cybercriminals. The study recommends that Forensic laboratories should be established within all investigating units of law enforcement agencies also; there is need for effective training of law enforcement officers in forensics applications for them to understand the techniques in investigating and handling of forensic evidence and more importantly the trends and patterns of cybercriminals. Finally effective public awareness should be conducted to educate citizens on best safety methods while using the Interneten_US
dc.identifier.citationA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES, NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN FORENSIC INVESTIGATION (DIGITAL), NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI NIGERIAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/5605
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherdepartment of computer science kefii, nasarawa state, nigeriaen_US
dc.titleDIGITAL TOOLS AND CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION IN FCT-ABUJA BYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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