A Feasibility Study of Crime Prevention in the Dark Web

Subject Areas : Legal Studies of Cyberspace

Zahra Rahpeik ¹ (Faculty of Law, Farabi College, University of Tehran)
Hassan alipour ² (Faculty of Law, Farabi College, University of Tehran)

Received: 2023-04-20 Accepted : 2023-08-06 Published : 2023-11-15

Keywords: social prevention, situational prevention, Cyber Threat, Dark Web, Feasibility of Crime Prevention,

Abstract :

The dark web is an invisible part of the cyber space like an iceberg floating in the ocean, only the tip of which is visible and main and threatening part of the same invisible to the authorities. The first challenge of the dark web is the impossibility of identifying it in order to apply preventive measures as such that the issue of prevention, cyber threat, is behind the veil of ambiguity. The uncontrollability and lack of environmental boundaries is another challenge for crime prevention in the dark web. Finally, the arrangement of suitable solutions for this environment is proposed as the third aspect of crime prevention challenges. Using library and internet resources, this article tries to deal with the challenges of crime prevention on the dark web from the perspective of the prevention platform, the issue of prevention, and the preventive solutions. The results of the research reveals that the possibility of applying preventive measures in the form of intervening in situations that cause crime in the deep web is ruled out and that the use of defensive strategies to minimize cyber threats and focus on social preventive and early preventive measures instead of situational prevention is what that needs to be considered.