JUS675 Cyber Crime, Security and the Law
This course examines the growing problem of computer-related crime security and the evolution of criminal law as it confronts new kind of cyber crime. Electronic evidence-gathering and investigative techniques are among the topics considered along with electronic fraud and forgery, corporate espionage, identity theft, online extortion scams, child pornography, and infringement of intellectual property rights. The major federal and state statutes and regulations enacted to combat cyber crime and security will be carefully reviewed, as will the important privacy issues raised by electronic surveillance techniques conducted by law enforcement.