Cybercrime

Cybercrime in the United States

Defense of a Computer Crime Case

This section examines the Defense of a Computer Crime Case subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal litigation, are also addressed.

Cybercrime

Overview of Cybercrime in relation to cyber crime: [1] Cybercrime has come about and evolved with the Internet and other advances in IT that have afforded people new ways to cause harm in society. It can be traced to the onsets of important, but technologically different, crime concepts, including (McQuade, 2006, pp. 10–16): (a) computer-related crime—''illegal behaviors in which one or more computers were helpful but not necessary to commit a criminal act''; (b) computer crime—''behaviors for which one or more computers were required to commit a consummate criminal act (i.e., the overall criminal activity could not have been accomplished without using a computer)''; (c) computer abuse—''use of computers in ways that cause harm to individuals, groups, or organizations, that may also violate established policies or procedures, but do not rise to the level of violating existing crime laws''; and (d) IT-enabled deviancy—''behaviors involving use of computerized or telecommunications devices in ways that violate social norms.'' Cybercrime can also be traced to technological developments in organized crime and white collar crime.

Resources

Notes and References

  1. By Samuel C. McQuade, III

See Also

  • Types of Cybercrime
  • Cybercriminal

Further Reading

Albanese, J. (1984). Corporate criminology: Explaining deviance of business and political organizations. Journal of Criminal Justice, 12, 11–19.


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