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    The document discusses how technological changes have led to new types of criminal behavior and challenges for law enforcement. It introduces computer forensics and cybercrime, covering how internet use enables new crimes and how law enforcement must adapt. The document also explores categories of computer-related crimes and the problems investigating these crimes can pose for law enforcement due to issues like jurisdictional limits and resource constraints.

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    The document discusses how technological changes have led to new types of criminal behavior and challenges for law enforcement. It introduces computer forensics and cybercrime, covering how internet use enables new crimes and how law enforcement must adapt. The document also explores categories of computer-related crimes and the problems investigating these crimes can pose for law enforcement due to issues like jurisdictional limits and resource constraints.

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    Computer Forensics and Cyber

    Crime

    CHAPTER 1
    Introduction and
    Overview of
    Computer
    Forensics and
    Cybercrime

    Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime, 3rd ed. Copyright © 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.
    Marjie T. Britz All Rights Reserved
    Introduction

    • Technological change has always led to


    changes in criminal law.

     Having a telephone network makes it


    easy to commit wire fraud.

     Widespread reliance on automobiles


    meant a new crime, felony auto theft.

    Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime, 3rd ed. Copyright © 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.
    Marjie T. Britz All Rights Reserved
    Introduction

     Widespread Internet use presents new


    kinds of unacceptable behavior.

     Enforcing Internet-related crimes poses


    new challenges for law enforcement.

     This text explores how law enforcement


    responds to these challenges.

    Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime, 3rd ed. Copyright © 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.
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    Learning Objectives

    • Explore the changes in society associated


    with the advent of technological changes
    and the introduction of the Internet.

    • Identify the challenges associated with


    the enforcement and prosecution of
    computer crime.

    Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime, 3rd ed. Copyright © 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.
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    Learning Objectives

    • Examine the extent of computer crime


    in society.

    • Gain familiarity with categories of


    computer-related crime.

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    Cyberspace and Criminal Behavior

    • The societal impact of the Digital


    Revolution is as great as the Industrial
    Revolution.

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    Cyberspace and Criminal Behavior

    •Action in the virtual reality of cyberspace


    can affect physical reality.

    •Organizations like the Electronic


    Freedom Foundation challenge new
    criminal laws.

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    Types of Crime

    • Computer crime: crimes committed


    with computers

    • Cyber crime: computer crimes that


    involve the Internet

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    Types of Crime

    •Computer-related crime: crimes that


    in some way use a computer

     Example: child pornography is easier to


    spread via the Internet

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    Types of Crime

    INSERT: page 13 box as example

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    Problems Associated with
    Computer Crime
    Problems associated with computer crime
    include:
    •Difficulty in law enforcement

    •Difficulty courts face when addressing


    extra-jurisdictional crime

    •Belief that computer crime is not as


    dangerous as violent crime

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    Problems Associated with
    Computer Crime
    • Prosecutors may prefer to limit resources
    on violent crime instead.

    • Lack of reporting arises from a belief that


    these are not worth pursuing.

    • Law enforcement agencies may lack


    financial and/or technical resources to
    investigate computer crimes.
    •
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    The Extent of the Problem

    Crimes can vary by:

    •Type:

     Those unique to computers, like


    phreaking
     Those facilitated by computer use, like
    distribution of child pornography

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    The Extent of the Problem

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    The Extent of the Problem

    Crimes can also vary by:

    •Target:

     Private
     Government

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    The Extent of the Problem

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    Example of a New Cybercrime:
    The Emergence of e-Cash
    • Increased electronic commerce requires
    new ways to pay for goods and
    services.

    • The increased flexibility and utility of


    these make them appealing.

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    Example of a New Cybercrime:
    The Emergence of e-Cash
     Prepaid cards: like debit cards, not
    geographically limited

     Stored value cards: sometimes called


    electronic purses. Data is on a computer chip.

     Mobile payments may be transmitted via


    smartphones.

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    Example of a New Cybercrime:
    The Emergence of e-Cash

     Internet payment services, like


    PayPal

     Digital precious metals: value of


    electronic payments linked to a
    precious metal

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    Conclusions

    • Greater reliance on computer-based


    technology presents benefits as well as
    problems.

    • Law enforcement may find it difficult to


    respond to new types of crimes
    because of

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    Conclusions

    • Law enforcement may find it difficult to


    respond to new types of crimes
    because of:
     Lack of resources
     Difficulty responding to rapid
    technological change
     Public perception that computer crime is
    less serious than violent crime

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