Cybercrimes.

Catalog description

The major objective of this course is to prepare students for their future careers in the field of criminal justice or related areas by providing essential knowledge with the major concepts, trends, and issues regarding crimes perpetrated with computers. This course will be a general survey of cybercrime where the following areas will be covered during the course; - Strategies utilized by criminals to access computers as targets (access offenses, interception of data, etc.) - Fraud and related issues on cyberworld - Content-related offenses (pornography, gambling, etc.) - Offenses against the person (harassment, etc.) - Major principles and procedures in the investigation of cybercrimes - Legal and jurisdictional matters. Prerequisite: CJ 201 .