**2. Conceptualization of cyber crime**

The concept of cybercrime is vast and the high-tech nature of the field has made it difficult for scholars in various field of cyber-criminology to agree on a particular definition for the concept. It has been suggested that since cybercrime may entail various types of crime, a definition of cybercrime has to place an emphasis on the specificity, the expertise, or the use of computer technology [12, 13]. Accordingly, Ajayi [14] observed that the above situation has made it difficult for scholars to come up with a universally accepted and recognized definition of cybercrime. Although, the definition of cybercrime varies slightly from one individual to another, there is a consensus among scholars on the important role of networked technologies in
