Strategies of Cyber Crimes in Virtual Social Networks Preventing (Case Study: University Students of Golestan)

This research intends to analyze the strategies to prevent cyber crimes in virtual social networks.
Research methodology was descriptive survey and its approach is applied. The study population included university students of Golestan (4007) who are studying in 2016-2017. By using Cochran formula, 165 of them as the sample size estimated and proportional to size random sampling were selected from among departments. Instrument is measuring by questionnaire and is valid and reliable and the results have been analyzed using descriptive and inferential.
The main findings of the study indicate that the viewpoints of students among the three effective strategies on cyber crime prevention in social networks: Government strategy with an average of 4/21, the most, and strategies for non-governmental (private organizations) with an average of 3/62, have minimal impact on prevention of crimes in social networks. Among government strategies, "education and awareness of families through: national media, schools, universities and other public media", "create or strengthen national information network" and "the creation and development of indigenous social networks" have the greatest impact.
The authors of the research conclude that Government, with proper planning and implementation, will have the greatest impact on crime prevention in virtual social networks.