Preventing Cyber Crimes From Theoretical Approaches to a Global Approach under UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime

Nowadays politicians and law enforcement officials are inclined towards proactive and preventive measures due to various reasons such as reducing the cost of realizing criminal justice. However، crime prevention is more efficient when it is based on foundations compatible with characteristics of each class of crimes. Preventing cyber crime، which is a newfound criminal phenomenon، considering its perpetrators and peculiar features such as being transborder، widespread damage، ease of perpetration and young age of its perpetrators، becomes more and more essential. In 2002، United Nations approved a resolution called “UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime” which deals with the framework of actions، fundamental principles، methods and other issues which must be followed by all member countries to prevent crime. This article deals with cyber crime prevention on two principal bases: 1. Adopting preventive approaches based on social development and situations breeding crime، which can be discussed as theoretical approaches to this issue 2. Strategic preventive principles with the centrality of UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime which can be considered and analyzed as a reflection of a global approach or an approach in the context of globalization.