CCJ 4934 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Money Laundering, Denial-Of-Service Attack, Offshore Bank

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Sociology, Criminology and Law - Criminology
• Course: CCJ 4934
• Professor: Chris L Gibson

Document Summary

First computer completed in 1945- first message sent via internet in 1969. But until pcs only major universities, the military and wealthy orgs could afford a computer (not as much use then as there is today) Digital crime related offenses spiked after 1995 when tech became easily accessible. Malware= malicious software; legal term is computer contaminant; any program designed to disrupt normal system functioning. Viruses, trojan horses, worms, spyware or adware. Difficulty in estimating the amount of digital crime: Variation in the definition of what constitutes an offense. Culpability variance in offenses- ranges from clear crimes like fraud and theft to unclear like unauthorized viewing of user content. The dark figure of crime - amount of crime committed is unknown. Difficult to assign monetary values to intellectual property. 1987 estimated loss of 145-730 billion dollar loss. Legal response to cybercrime, traditional research on cybercrime; what do hasn"t been focused on/what is focused on.