Cybercrime, Cybercriminals, And Cybercops

Cybercrime

Cybercrime has long been perceived to represent new crimes arising from the emergence of technological advancement, but an examination of the history of cybercrime reveal that its roots are as ancient as the crimes of fraud, harassment, and malicious property damage. The history of cybercrime is reviewed briefly here, as are the challenges faced by law enforcement efforts to curb cybercrime. Some gains have been realized, such as stemming the losses incurred from identity theft, but the virtual landscape changes so rapidly that new threats and criminal tactics are constantly emerging.

Cybercrime, Cybercriminals, and Cybercops

Cybercrime is formally defined by the Canadian Police College as illegal activity which depends materially on the use of computers to commit crimes or when computers are the object of the crime (Kowalski, 2008, p. 5-6). A contemporary example of the use of computers in criminal activity would be hacking...
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