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Cyber Crimes and it’s influential factors in Ghana
Arthur, James
This bachelor thesis present results of the study of cybercrime and its influential factors in Ghana. Information Communication Technology (ICT) has undoubtedly been a tool for rapid globalization due to its efficient facilitation of businesses, education, legal systems and others. This has been achieved through the Internet as it has no geographical boundaries and thus made the world a global village. Nonetheless, the Internet has been a coin with two sides where besides offering positive and efficient legal life services, is being used by others to commit crime called cybercrime. This has posed great threat and challenges to individuals and institutions of developing countries like Ghana who is now integrating and embracing technology to enhance productivity and economic growth. This study therefore investigated the driving forces behind the rise of cybercrime cases and its projections in Ghana using Winneba as the study area. A sample size of 119 was selected by purposive sampling design to achieve the study’s objectives. The study employed both questionnaire and interview as the research instrument for primary data collection. Appropriate statistical procedures such as frequency distribution tables, graphs and Chi-square test were used to present and analyse the data. The result revealed the dominant possession of ICT gadgets especially smart phones that can access the Internet among the respondents. Also, individuals indulge in cybercrime mainly because of unemployment with poverty, laziness and the quick quest to become rich being its supplementary factors. Moreover, cybercriminals were more interested in service theft and money laundering compared to other cybercrimes. They usually use sophisticating tricks and transiently taking advantage of their hacking skills to defraud vulnerable people. However, ICT must still be integrated with minimal financial lost in Ghana and that there is the utmost need for robust protective mechanism.
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