What is being done to combat cybercrime?
Questions for Students:
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What is meant by the term cybercrime?
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Do you believe cybercrime is a problem?
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What do you think is meant by the term cybercrime?
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What type of people do you think are considered cyber-criminal?
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What type of crimes do you think cyber-criminal commit?
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Do you think you could ever be a victim of cybercrime?
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Could a cyber-criminal invade your privacy?
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Could a cyber-criminal steal your identity and personal information?
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What do you think law enforcement officials are doing to protect the public from cyber-criminals?
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Does cybercrime only effect people who use the Internet?
Objective: The students will research the following Justice Department web sites that describe what computer crime is and how to report it. The following web sites also include the latest thinking on privacy vs. policing on the Internet, and how the government searches and seizes computers.
Activity:
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The student will choose at least two sites of interest to them from the attached list of web sites.
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The student will view the site and take notes.
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The student will explain the purpose of each site visited and relate it to the law, privacy and/or freedom of speech.
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Students will share their findings with the class by giving a presentation on their 2 web sites. Some overlap may occur, but this will help reinforce important issues with the class.
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Students should include whether the topic is a privacy issue or a freedom of speech issue.
What the students will learn: students will learn about the different aspects of law enforcement on the Internet.
Materials to be used: Computers with Internet access, web site addresses, pen, and paper
@2H(after1H):The following is a list of web sites to be used in this lesson:
Main Web page for the Department of Justice Cybercrime unit
http://www.cybercrime.gov
Reports, press releases, speech texts and testimony
http://www.cybercrime.gov/doc.html
Laws against computer crime and press releases on significant hacker cases
http://www.cybercrime.gov/compcrime.html
The agency’s 200-page manual on prosecuting cases of intellectual property rights
http://www.cybercrime.gov/ip.html
Materials on electronic commerce and officials’ testimony about Internet gambling and pharmaceutical sales
http://www.cybercrime.gov/ecommerce.html
Reports on the prosecution of Internet hate speech and cyber-stalking
http://www.cybercrime.gov/speech.html
Federal efforts to protect the national infrastructure that delivers essential services
http://www.cybercrime.gov/critinfr.html
Crimes facilitated by computer use
http://www.cybercrime.gov/crimes.html
The department manual on searching and seizing computers
http://www.cybercrime.gov/searching.html
Answers to frequently asked questions about encryption
http://www.cybercrime.gov/crypto.html
How to report privacy violations for investigation
http://www.cybercrime.gov/privacy.html
International efforts against computer crime and child pornography
http://www.cybercrime.gov/intl.html
Data on law enforcement cooperation against computer crime
http://www.cybercrime.gov/enforcement.html