Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Public Policy and Administration

Advisor

David P. Milen

Abstract

Cybercrime is an escalating phenomenon recognized by law enforcement personnel and others as a serious ever-increasing problem. The need is critical to equip police with cybercrime preparedness to combat and eradicate the problem. Cyber-attacks have negatively impacted the growing epidemic needing constructive solutions. The police personnel’s experiences provided essential cybercrime preparedness, acquired in diverse locations, and applied in the workplace with preventive cybercrime recommendations. Moustakas provided the overall design with theoretical underpinnings of the cybercrime phenomenon with a scientific design. The sample size was eight participants who met the inclusion criteria with the underlying principles of Kolb’s experiential learning theory incorporating van Kaam’s extensive seven-step Modified data analyses. The inclusion required the personnel eighteen or older, a current employee, a contractual individual, or a volunteer for an agency with cybercrime preparedness. Police personnel included one captain, one lieutenant, two sergeants, one officer, one civilian, one police assistant patrol officer, and one volunteer police college intern. The data was systematically evaluated with an analysis of each research question. The literary gap was closed focusing on cybercrime preparedness enhanced by learning styles transitioning from theoretical to pragmatic. Valuable evidence-based contributions emerged to combat cybercrime with in-depth insight into critical infrastructure strategies. Additional research will assist individuals, agencies, and others to bring positive social change, mitigate cyber-attacks, and uproot cyber-terrorism with transferability.

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