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PRENTICE HALL
2004 Pearson Education,
Inc.
Cyberspace and
Criminal Behavior
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AdvantagesoftheInformationRevolution:
Commerce
Research
Education
Public knowledge
Entertainment
Public discourse
Health
Multiculturalism
Law enforcement
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Negative Results
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Cyberspace and
Criminal Behavior
Cyberspace the
place between
places; the
indefinite place
where individuals
transact and
communicate
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Intangibility of electronic
communications
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Governments position
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Privacy Advocates
Position
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Clarification of terms
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Traditional Definitions of
Computer Crime
Computer Related Crime
Cybercrime
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Computer Crime
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Cybercrime
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Problems with
definitions
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Traditional Problems
Associated With
Computer Crime
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Traditional Problems
Associated with
Computer Crime
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Physicality and
Jurisdictional Concerns
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Jurisdiction
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Lack of communication
between agencies
i.e., traditional lack
of collaboration
further
compounded by
the introduction of
international
concerns
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Intangibility of evidence
patrol officers unsure as to
recognition of evidence
patrol officers unsure of method of
preservation of evidence
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Cost/benefit to
perpetrator
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Perceived insignificance
and stereotypes
stereotypes of computer
criminals often involve
non-threatening, physically
challenged individuals (i.e.,
computer geeks)
stereotypes of computer
crimes usually involve
hacking and improper use
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Prosecutorial
Reluctance
Apathy (or perhaps laziness)
Lack of concern of constituents
Lack of cooperation in extradition requests
Victims reluctance to prosecute
Labor intensive nature of case preparation
Lack of resources for offender tracking
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Lack of Reporting
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Jurisprudential
inconsistency
The Supreme
Court has denied
certiorari on the
vast majority of
cases, resulting in
a patchwork of
law across the
United States.
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Lack of Resources
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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Traditional Budget
Constraints
Law enforcement
has always been
significantly under
funded: the public
unwilling to
expend
community funds
on LE training,
personnel, and
technology.
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Nature of technology
Always changing
requires perpetual training.
(ex. Wireless technologies
and emerging encryption
and steganography
programs are increasingly
common and have
complicated LE efforts)
Thus, training soon
becomes obsolete
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Cost of Training
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Cost of additional
personnel
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Cost of hardware
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Cost of software
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Cost of laboratory
Must find
appropriate,
unallocated
space within or
outside of the
department
(discussed in
detail in Chapter
9)
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Computers as targets
Phreaking
Viruses and worms
Trojans and hacking
Miscellaneous
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Phreaking
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Other Activities
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Computers as
instruments
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Embezzlement
Stalking
Gambling
Child pornography
Counterfeiting
Fraud
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Computers as
incidentals
a.
b.
c.
bookmaking
narcotics trafficking
homicide
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Estimates of Computer
Crime
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Extent of business
victimization
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