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Virginia Tech Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention
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The Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention promotes peace and advances human security through scholarship. The Cybercriminology Lab’s goal is to build a systematic, longitudinal database for collecting cybercrime offending and victimization data.
Huge shout out to VT Sociology graduate student and member of VT's Cybercriminology lab Amelia Simmons! Amelia was recently recognized by the Common Cyber Initiative for Best Poster at the CCI Researcher Showcase. Congrats Amelia!!
May 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Please read this story about the problems caused to businesses by damaging hacks. nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... Also, our graph below shows how cyberattacks have affected businesses in Virginia. #Cybercriminologylab @PeaceStudiesandViolencePrevention lnkd.in/eaC9SSi6
April 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Cybercrime has disastrous effects on businesses like the firm in this article: www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/b...
We have researched cybercrime's impacts on Virginia businesses (see chart for the financial losses).
For more see #Cybercriminologylab @PeaceStudiesandViolencePrevention lnkd.in/eaC9SSi6
March 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
According to this article www.bbc.com/news/busines..., from 2020-2021, cyber-attacks on small firms rose 150%+.

Our data below show cybersecurity methods used by Virginia businesses. To learn more, consult research of the #Cybercriminologylab @PeaceStudiesandViolencePrevention lnkd.in/eaC9SSi6
March 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Not all cybercrime is conducted against individuals. Some focuses on institutions and businesses. Here are some of our findings on cybercrime against US businesses.
February 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Please take a look at this interesting graph.
February 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Please check out this interesting graph.
January 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Check out this graph that shows the relationship between age and use of computer camera covers.
December 18, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Here is a graph that shows the relationship between age and familiarity with computers. Where do you fit in?
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
How Does Your Social Media Time Compare to these Averages?
December 2, 2024 at 11:01 PM