Objectives of the Study
The main objective of this study is to develop a mobile application that will help to determine the violated cybercrime and provide reference for students/researchers regarding the cybercrime law. Specifically for android mobile phone users.
Awareness to the law
To help raise awareness to Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 to the College of Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensics (CCJEF) of Holy Angel University.
To identify possible charges on some cybercrime
The program will determine what type of case can be filed against a respondent or what form of cybercrime was violated.
To implement decision support system
The system should be able to provide possible sanctions based on the violated cybercrime of the user responses to probing questions.
Scope and Delimitation
This study focuses on Republic Act No. 10175, also known as "Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012". It covers the following:
Chapter 1: Preliminary Provisions, Section 3: Definition of Terms
Chapter 2: Punishable Acts, Section 4: Cybercrime Offenses; Section 5: Other Offenses; Section 8: Penalties in the Philippines.
The mobile application will identify the form of cybercrime through a series of probing questions and scenarios based on the form of cybercrime. It has a module for the storage of covered terms, integrated with a search function and possible punishments. This is an offline-standalone application.
The application was developed for mobile devices, specifically for the Android platform versions Jellybean 4.1 and later. Lower versions are not supported. The application is not applicable to international cybercrime law. It does not replace the role of a lawyer.
Significance of the Study
Android smartphone users
It will be helpful to them to easily understand and determine the cybercrime law, they could have been violated or just to expand their knowledge about it.
Lawyers/Attorneys
Even though the proposed system has limits when it comes to the scope of laws, it will help lessen the time looking for the cybercrime related to their clients.
Filipinos
87% of Filipino internet users are victims of cybercrime. This is to help them become more aware of what they are doing and the possible consequences that come along with committing cybercrime.
To the future researcher
Other researchers who wish to further their study of this type of research can use this as a basis of their own research.
Method
The researchers qualify this as a descriptive research that utilizes both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The main participants are the college students of Holy Angel University, I.T. experts and lawyers/attorneys. The researchers obtained data from both primary and secondary sources.
This study is a descriptive research for it aims to evaluate the opinions of the participants on the role of the proposed software in fulfilling their needs and solving the current problems they encounter.
The researchers are opting to utilize a quantitative method for they want to assess the reviews of their users in terms of numbers. This is to know how proficient the system will be. Qualitative method is also considered for this will be the meat of the entire system.
Participants
One of the sampling method that was used was the simple random sampling from the study population of College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensics (CCJEF), and College of Information and Communications Technology (CICT) of Holy Angel University in academic year 2015. CICT department was chosen because of its relation to computer activities and CCJEF was also considered because of their studies with relation to rules and regulations of law, pre-survey was based by the mentioned colleges. With the use of stratified sampling method, which is a probability sampling, the researchers distinct the main participant of the study, it was be the students of Holy Angel University of CICT and CCJEF respectively. The researchers chose the students as their main subjects to achieve one of our objectives which is to raise awareness to cybercrime.
The respondents of this study have estimated total of 1926 populations with 331 as the sample size. Stratified sampling method was also be utilized in distributing the survey questionnaires, a tool that was be used for data gathering. Therefore, the number of respondents should not be lower than 331. Using the Slovin’s formula n = N / (1 + (N*e2)) where n = sample size, N = total number of population and e = margin of error (0.05).
n=N/(1+〖Ne〗^2 ) -> n=1926/(1+(1926) (0.05)^2 ) -> n=331
CCJEF
Year level No. of Respondents
1st year 151 = 26
2nd year 121 = 21
3rd year 90 = 15
4th year 63 = 11
CICT
Year level No. of Respondents
1st year 499 = 86
2nd year 373 = 64
3rd year 322 = 55
4th year 307 = 53
nh = ( Nh / N ) * n
where nh is the sample size for stratum h, Nh is the population size for stratum h, N is total population size, and n is total sample size.
The respondents used stratified sampling by dividing the students per year level of each college over the total population of CICT and CCJEF. Each result was multiplied by the sample size which is 331 that was achieved using Slovin’s formula.
Another sampling method that was used is non-random sampling, in which judgment or purposive sampling was applied to provide adequate information regarding the achievement of the objectives of the study.
Among the chosen interviewees of the researchers are Mrs. Mary Ann F. Quioc, Mr. Mark Paulo M. Cruz, and Mr. Kevin Villanueva, experts in Android programming. They were chosen as the researchers' I.T. expert because of their knowledge, skills and experience regarding the said platform. Atty. Joycel Panlilio-Robles and Atty. Alberto Pamintuan law offices of Panlilio & Robles and Ralph Vincent Macalino of Macalino Law Offices, who practices generalities of laws within the Philippines. Department of Justice (DOJ), Philippine National Police (PNP) and Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) were also included as sources of information in developing the study’s proposed application, as well as for evaluating the final developed application software.
Sources of Data
The researchers used two sources in order to gather the necessary data for this study. These are primary and secondary sources. Primary data are gathered through interviews and survey. Verified interview questions shall be used by researchers in getting the opinions of selected attorneys. Surveys are conducted through our participants needed for the study and the system. Secondary data were gathered through related studies, books and internet.
Instruments
The data gathering tools used in the study include survey questionnaires and interview guides. The survey questionnaires were distributed to the participants and interview guide was used on the lawyers and android developer experts. The researchers reviewed certain existing survey questionnaires and interview questions. The instruments used in this study were formulated based on the reviewed surveys and questionnaires.
Research Procedure
The researchers were determined to use the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to develop a decision support system for the people who have less idea and for efficient searching in the law specifically to cybercrime law.
Planning
The first phase in development life cycle is planning, wherein the researchers conceptualized the proposed study to achieve a specific goal. During this phase the researchers gathered information and distinct data related to the study from books, internet, DOJ and PNP-ACG. Through the information gathered the objectives and significance of the study were formed. The researchers were also designated specific task and brainstorming ideas to get the work done efficiently. For developing the proposed application the researchers used iterative life cycle model. This method starts with a simple implementation of a small specification of requirement and continually enhances the developing proposed system until the completion.
Analysis
In this phase, the researchers analyzed the gathered data and functionality and usefulness of the system that will be developed by using system requirements validation.
The researchers conducted interviews from lawyers and I.T. experts; the researchers also conducted a survey from the CICT and CCJEF students to evaluate the proposed system. Through this information and processes the researchers formed requirements.
Design
This phase includes the planning of how the system would be like and its specifications based on the analysis of data gathered. The system would be made on a mobile platform, specifically on mobile devices with the operating system android.
Development
The next phase is the development phase. The researchers used the iterative life cycle model; this model does not attempt to start with a full specification of requirements. Instead, development begins by specifying and implementing just part of the software, which is then reviewed in order to identify further requirements. This process is then repeated, producing a new version of the software at the end of each iteration of the model.
The development of the proposed software was achieved in this phase and it was implemented by using Android Studio version 1.3.0. For the layout the researchers used adobe Illustrator and XML.
The proposed system is divided into modules to minimize the error and maximize the time for development. For each module completed, the researchers compiled it until the proposed software was done.
Testing and Debugging
The testing and debugging phase need to be developed at the same time because while testing the proposed system; if there were some logical errors or unusual behavior of the system it needs to be debugged immediately. The researchers test the proposed software wherein its main objectives and functionality works properly.
After debugging, the I.T. experts Mary Ann F. Quioc, Kevin Villanueva and Mark Paolo M. Cruz and lawyers Atty. Joycel G. Robles-Panlilio and Atty. Melvin tested the proposed application and checked the application’s functionality and content. The researchers also allowed their participants to test the proposed system and evaluate it, whether the study’s objectives were achieved or not.
The results of post-interview regarding the proposed application are the following; functionality is the capability of the application to do its purpose, reliability is the capability of the application to maintain its service provision under defined conditions for defined periods of time, usability is the ability to learn how to use the application, efficiently is this characteristic is concerned with the system resources used when providing the required functionality and portability is the characteristic is concerned with the system resources used when providing the required functionality of the application are all acceptable by the I.T. experts and lawyers.