The Law of Cybercrimes and Their Investigations

Description

Cybercrime has become increasingly prevalent in the new millennium as computer-savvy criminals have developed more sophisticated ways to victimize people online and through other digital means. The Law of Cybercrimes and Their Investigations is a comprehensive text exploring the gamut of issues surrounding this growing phenomenon.

After an introduction to the history of computer crime, the book reviews a host of topics including:

• Information warfare and cyberterrorism
• Obscenity, child pornography, sexual predator conduct, and online gambling
• Cyberstalking, cyberharassment, cyberbullying, and other types of unlawful expression
• Auction fraud, Ponzi and pyramid schemes, access device fraud, identity theft and fraud, securities and bank fraud, money laundering, and electronic transfer fraud
• Data privacy crimes, economic espionage, and intellectual property crimes
• Principles applicable to searches and seizures of computers, other digital devices, and peripherals
• Laws governing eavesdropping, wiretaps, and other investigatory devices
• The admission of digital evidence in court
• Procedures for investigating cybercrime beyond the borders of the prosecuting jurisdiction

Each chapter includes key words or phrases readers should be familiar with before moving on to the next chapter. Review problems are supplied to test assimilation of the material, and the book contains weblinks to encourage further study.

Features

• Explores the scope of cybercrime offenses ranging from sexual predator conduct to economic espionage
• Examines methods for investigating cybercrime
• Provides actual case studies and court decisions
• Discusses the enforcement of cybercrime laws
• Includes key words and review questions to facilitate comprehension

Table of Contents

Section I: Cybercrimes against the Digital Infrastructure and Computer Systems

• Crimes Involving the Use of Computers
• Introduction
• Federal Laws Governing Computer Crimes—Historical Development
• Federal Laws Governing Computer Crime—18 USC § 1030
• Case Applications
• New York’s Computer Crime Law
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Endnotes
• Information Warfare and Cyberterrorism
• What Is Information Warfare?
• Brown Commission
• Brian C. Lewis
• Martin C. Libicki
• Dorothy Denning
• What Is Cyberterrorism?
• Laws Regulating Information Warfare and Cyberterrorism
• Federal Laws
• State Laws
• Key Words or Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Endnotes

Section II: Cybercrimes against Individuals Crimes against Morality

• Introduction
• Obscenity Crimes
• 18 USC § 1462
• 18 USC § 1465
• 18 USC § 1466
• 18 USC § 1466A
• 18 USC § 1470
• Case Law Pertaining to Online Obscenity Crimes
• Child Pornography Legislation
• Legislative History
• Current Child Pornography Laws
• 18 USC § 2251: Sexual Exploitation of Children
• 18 USC § 2252: Certain Activities Relating to Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors
• 18 USC § 2252A: Certain Activities Relating to Material Constituting or Containing Child Pornography
• 18 USC § 2425: Use of Interstate Facilities to Transmit
• Case Law Pertaining to Online Child Pornography
• Online Gambling
• Federal Law
• State Gambling Laws
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Endnotes
• Crimes Threatening or Resulting in Physical or Mental Harm
• Introduction
• Sexual Predator Crimes
• 18 USC § 2425: Use of Interstate Facilities to Transmit Information about
• a Minor
• Cyberstalking and Cyberharassment Legislation
• Federal Statutes
• Cases on Cyberstalking and Cyberharassment
• Judicial Interpretations of Federal Law
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Internet Frauds
• Introduction
• Auction Fraud
• Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes
• Access Device Fraud
• What Is an Access Device?
• How Is an Access Device Fraud Committed?
• Electronic Fund Transfer Fraud
• Identity Theft and Fraud
• Identity Theft
• The Federal Identity Theft Crimes
• State Identity Theft Laws
• Cyberlaundering
• Other Fraudulent Schemes
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Endnotes

Section III: Crimes against Information Assets, and Data Privacy

• Data Privacy Crimes
• Introduction
• The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
• The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)
• The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• After the Breach: Is There a Duty to Notify the Consumer That the Security
• of Their Data Has Been Compromised?
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Endnotes
• Intellectual Property Fraud
• Introduction
• Criminal Copyright Infringement
• Software Piracy
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks

Section IV: Investigation and Enforcement of Cybercrimes

• Search and Seizure: Beginning Principles
• Introduction
• Constitutional Principles
• The Fourth Amendment
• Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
• Workplace Searches
• Protection from Government Activity
• The Mere Evidence Rule
• Searches with and without a Warrant
• Consent
• Plain View
• Exigent Circumstances
• Incident to a Lawful Arrest
• Inventory Search
• Border Search
• Administrative Searches
• Automobile Exception
• Special Needs Exception
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Endnotes
• Search and Seizure: Electronic Evidence
• Introduction
• Conducting the Search or Seizure
• Searches and Seizures without a Warrant
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Wiretapping and Eavesdropping
• Introduction
• Statutes and Regulations
• Case Law
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Access to Stored Communications
• Introduction
• Case Law
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Pen Register, Trap and Trace, and GPS Devices
• Introduction
• Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices
• Global Positioning Systems (GPSs)
• RFID Technology
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• Digital Evidence and Forensic Analysis
• Introduction
• Nature of Evidence
• Admissibility of Evidence
• Preservation of Evidence
• Chain of Custody
• Admissibility of Digital Evidence
• The Frye Test
• Frye Plus
• Daubert Test
• Expert Opinion Evidence
• Rules Requiring the Exclusion of Evidence
• Hearsay Rule
• Best Evidence Rule
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks
• International Issues Involving the Investigation and Prosecution of Cybercrime
• Introduction
• Jurisdiction
• Extraterritorial Application of Criminal Laws
• International Enforcement and Cooperation
• Letters Rogatory
• Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
• Extradition Treaty
• Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime
• Key Words and Phrases
• Review Problems
• Weblinks

• References
• Index