Assignment 5: Senior Seminar Project

Data Sources

Janella Campbell

Professor Doris Mitchell

CRJ499

November 6, 2017

Data Sources

I have reviewed data from various articles, which indicates that the cyberspace is providing a new battlefield for law enforcement. The law enforcement officers’ attempts to reduce the rate of crime are proving futile because the cyberspace is offering a new avenue for crimes. In one of the article, authored by Berg (2007), the research that was conducted indicates that the increased growth of information technology is contributing to more cases of cybercrime. In addition, fighting these crimes is proving difficult due to inadequate skills of the law enforcement officers and the difficulty in tracking these criminals.

The other source of data reviewed is the Fafinski and Minassian (2008) analysis of UK cybercrime report of 2008. The report provides statistics on the increased rates of crime, which are resulting from increased use of the internet. This report cites some of the cybercrimes to include issues such as hacking, data breach, and industrial espionage, among others. Furthermore, the report notes that the increased internet access in households is one of the reasons why more people are becoming targets for the cybercriminals. Moreover, the report indicates that efforts have been undertaken to conduct investigations to apprehend those involved.

These data sources are relevant in that they examine different angles of this problem. Berg (2007) investigates how cyberspace is changing the face of crime, whereby there is an increase of crimes that are conducted over the internet. On the other hand, Fafinski and Minassian (2008) provide data reported in the UK Cyber Crime Report, which indicates the extent to which cybercrime has developed. These data sources provide insight into the struggles that the law enforcement agencies have to go through in fighting these crimes.

References

Berg, T. (2007). The Changing Face of Cybercrime New Internet Threats Create Challenges to Law Enforcement. Michigan Bar Journal, 86(6), 18.

Fafinski, S., & Minassian, N. (2008). UK Cybercrime Report 2008. New York: Garlik, 1-55.