Effects of Cybercrimes on the Criminal Justice System of Pakistan
Keywords:
Cybercrimes, Criminal Justice System, Effects, PakistanAbstract
The objective of this study is to identify the effects of the cybercrimes on the existing criminal justice system of Pakistan. Cybercrimes have unique features and need a complete of investigation, trial and prosecution separately and different from the conventional one. The unseen burdens of the new crimes on criminal justice system slow down the performance of the system over all but also brought some latest technological advancement in the over parts of the criminal justice system. The study is qualitative in nature and based on the interviews of lawyers, judges, prosecutors, investigators and other related persons. The thematic analysis was used to carry out the results in this research. The study shows the tendency of cases is due to inefficiency of the stakeholders involved in the investigation, trial and prosecution.
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