Meaning
Several interpretations of the term "virtual crime" exist. Some legal scholars opt for a definition based on a report on what was the first prominent case, a "rape in cyberspace." One such scholar defined virtual crime as needing to have all the qualities of a real crime, and so was not a new subset of crime at all. Conversely, it has also been said that the connection between virtual crimes and real crimes are "tenuous at best: It is the link between a brutal rape and a fictional story of a brutal rape. Surely the difference is more striking than any similarity."
To rectify this, the modern interpretation of the term "virtual" must be amended such that it carries the traditional implication; "that is such in essence or effect, though not recognised as such in name or according to strict definition." In this sense, it "would include those crimes that somehow evoke and approach the effect and essence of real crime, but are not considered crimes."
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