Benue State University, Makurdi

CYBER STALKING AND CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION AMONG DIPLOMA STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

Grace Ewor EGWU
BUniversity of Maiduguri,
Maiduguri.

Mustapha IBRAHIM
BUniversity of Maiduguri,
Maiduguri.

Aliyu Shuaibu SAIDU
Borno State University,
Borno.

Abstract

The advent of information and communication technologies couple with the borderless nature of cyberspace has increased the problem of cyber stalking among teenagers. The problem is particularly endemic among University diploma students. Cyber stalking is a continuing problem amongst young people all over the world. These youths who are always online inadvertently increase their risk of cyber stalking victimization. The aim of this study is to assess the consequences of cyber stalking and computer mediated technologies used by the perpetrators and to create a level of awareness of cyber stalking among Teenagers/ youths (diploma students) in Nigeria with reference to University of Maiduguri Borno State. Multi-stage sampling was used in the study, two hundred (200) respondents were sampled, and structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The study revealed that, significant number of the respondents have been cyber stalked while in school by people who want to be in a relationship with another person who have no interest, most of the victims felt frustrated and traumatized as a result of the stigma attached to being a victim of cyber stalking in the school. Facebook was the major social media site used by the perpetrators of the cyber crime. Based on the findings it was recommended that, parents should be monitoring their children social media handle since it is the major mediated technology that is used most in stalking.

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