Cyberstalking

I was recently asked this question: “Do you think it’s necessary to create new terms for “ordinary” crimes committed with more advanced tools? Is cyberstalking simply stalking using the internet?” To adequately answer a seemingly simple yet...

Societal Perceptions of Cyber Criminals

I was asked this interesting question in a recent cybercrime course: “What do you think society’s perception of cyber-criminals is?” If I were to sum up what I believe society’s perception of cybercriminals has become, I would surmise it in saying “the...

Software Counterfeiting

This essay was written for a Fall 2010 cybercrime course and outlines some of the problems faced as a result of software counterfeiting. Software Counterfeiting When the founding fathers created the Constitution, they made an odd inclusion; they included a provision...

Cybercrime Amendment

This was an extra credit assignment I completed for a cybercrime course in the fall of 2010, the question was: “Write a new amendment to the Constitution which covers criminal cases involving computers that are forefathers would have written had they been alive today....

Cybercrime

I wrote this paper as part of a law class in the spring of 2010. It details some types of cybercrime as well as the methods that US prosecutors utilize in prosecuting them. One of the more interesting things was that cybercriminals can be prosecuted in the USA despite...