Categories of Computer Crime CIS 170 Information Technology in Criminal Justice Dr. Johnson Strayer University February 5, 2014 The four common categories of computer crimes are: Computer as a target, Computers as an instrument crime, Computers as an incidental to a crime and Computers associated with the common occurrence of a computer. Cybercrime is criminal activity or crimes committed over the internet, through a computer system or though technology. Cybercrimes is also highly
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Digital Computer Crime Digital computer crimes are criminal activities, which involve the use of information technology to get wrongful or unjustified access to a computer system with the mindset of damaging, deleting, and altering computer data (Taylor, Fritsch, Leiderbach, 2015). Computer crimes do not necessarily have to involve damage to physical property. The computer itself could have participated in the crime or may have been the intended target. We will look at the four common types of computer
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identity-related crime is a growing problem related to this. This new category of crime is not restricted to high-profile instances of identity ‘theft’ or identity fraud; it is wide-ranging and complex, ranging from identity deletion to unlawful identity creation and identity ‘theft’. Commonly accepted definitions are lacking, thus blurring available statistics, and policies to combat this new crime are piecemeal at best. In order to assess the real nature and magnitude of identity-related crime, and to be
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An Examination of Cybercrime and Cybercrime Research: Self-control and Routine Activity Theory Katherine M. Grzybowski Arizona State University 1 March 2012 Cybercrime 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ABSTRACT .....................................................................................................3 2. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................4 3. A REVIEW OF CYBERCRIME .................................................
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Computer Related Crimes Michael Dill American Military University ISSC351 Computer Forensics Dr. Kevin Harris June 21, 2015 Outline I. Introduction A. Computer related crimes 1. What are computer related crimes 2. Types of computer related offenses 3. The increase in computer related crimes II. Computer related crimes A. What are computer related crimes 1. Legal definitions 2. Perceived definitions B. Types of
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account and so on .It also includes non monetary offenses such as creating and distributing viruses on other computers and posting confidential business information on the internet. Basically cyber crime can be divided into three major categories such as cyber crime against person, cyber crime against property and cyber crime against government. Cyber crime against person includes various crimes like transmission of child pornography, indecent exposure, harassment of any one with the use of email or
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Out of many crimes the world has ever seen. Cyber crime is now one among them. Which inherits some remarkable characteristics like being easiest and also quickest way of committing it. In a simple way it can either be defined as a combination of crime and computer. Or any offence or crime in which involved are computers and networks. Origins of Cybercrime combine the term crime with the root cyber from the word cybernetic, from the Greek, kubernân, which means to lead or govern. The cyber environment
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Compare and contrast the nature of white collar crime with other type types of illegal acts. 2. Compare and contrast the typical participants of white collar crime against the participants of other types of illegal acts 3. Discuss the role of technology in white collar crime and how its role may create differences from other forms of crime. 4. Analyze the role of “opportunity” and how it contributes to white collar crime. Provide specific examples to support your response
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An Examination of Cybercrime and Cybercrime Research: Self-control and Routine Activity Theory Katherine M. Grzybowski Arizona State University 1 March 2012 Cybercrime 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ABSTRACT .....................................................................................................3 2. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................4 3. A REVIEW OF CYBERCRIME ........................................................
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What is Cyber Crime? The has been a remarkable increase in the use of technology in the past decades whether it is computers, mobile phones, iPods, iPads or computer games in both the personal and business sector. There has been significant change in all aspects of society, and new opportunities had risen in every field whether it is entertainment, business, sports, education, health, banking, telephones, air traffic control, electric power, and the stock exchange. The improvements in these industries
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