Cyber Crime Investigations

Catalog description

This course is an overview of criminal justice topics and issues currently accessible on the on the Internet. Techniques are developed for locating information regarding sex offenders, tracing emails, using the SSDI (Social Security Death Index) to detect misuse of Social Security numbers of deceased people, locating and using forms related to suspicious banking transactions (SAR, suspicious activity reports). In-class exercises allow each student to gain hands-on experience in the use of various search engines. Attention is given to matters related to meta-tags, copyright matters, and criminal activity that occur over the Internet. Offered each fall (online).