RESEARCH PAPER

Cybercrime, Cyberterrorism, and Digital Law Enforcement
NYLS CRI150 SPRING 2009
Professor K. A. Taipale (bio) (contact)

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Jump Menu: Select Class Unit Unit 00: Course Abstract/Home Page Unit 01: Overview: What is Cybercrime? Unit 02: Computer Intusion and Attack (Unauthorized Access) Unit 03: Computer Viruses, Time Bombs, Trojans, Malicious Code (Malware) Unit 04: Online Fraud and Identity Theft, Intellectual Proerty Theft; Virtual Crime Unit 05: Online Vice: Gambling; Pornography; Child Exploitation Unit 06: International Aspects and Jurisdiction Unit 07: Infrastructure and Information Security; Risk Management Unit 08: Investigating Cybercrime: Digital Evidence and Computer Forensics Unit 09: Interception, Search and Seizure, and Surveillance Unit 10: Information Warfare, Cyberterrorism, and Hacktivism Unit 11: Terrorism, Radicalization, and The War of Ideas Unit 12: Trade Secret Theft and Economic Espionage Unit 13: National Security Unit 14: Case Study: CALEA, VoIP ---------- Research Paper Information Useful Links for Defining Technical Terms Course SUBTEXT

Research Paper

Topic Selection: Research papers will involve independent research based on a current topic of your choice (subject to my prior approval) directly relating to legal or policy issues covered by this course (that is, any topic covered on the Cybercrime Web page except IP).

Paper Format: The research paper should be double-spaced with standard margins using 12-pt. Times New Roman or similar font. Bluebook format should be followed and footnotes (not endnotes) should be used for citations. Please include a title page with both your name and exam number. There is no set length requirement provided you sufficiently cover your topic. Papers in the past have ranged from 12-25 pages. I would suggest that 15-20 is probably the right target for most topics. I will generally not read more than 25 pages.

Grading: There is no precise formula for grading papers, however, novelty, non-obviousness, utility, and soundness of your analysis as well as the quality and organization of your writing will be rewarded.

For good advice on everything from picking a topic to writing your paper, see Eugene Volokh, Writing a Student Article, 48 J. LEGAL EDUC. 247 (1998).  

SUGGESTED READING:

Eugene Volokh, Writing a Student Article, 48 J. Legal Educ. 247 (1998).

Eugene Volokh, ACADEMIC LEGAL WRITING: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review, Second Edition (Foundation Press 2004) (ISBN:158778792X).

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Jump Menu: Select Class Unit Unit 00: Course Abstract/Home Page Unit 01: Overview: What is Cybercrime? Unit 02: Computer Intusion and Attack (Unauthorized Access) Unit 03: Computer Viruses, Time Bombs, Trojans, Malicious Code (Malware) Unit 04: Online Fraud and Identity Theft, Intellectual Proerty Theft; Virtual Crime Unit 05: Online Vice: Gambling; Pornography; Child Exploitation Unit 06: International Aspects and Jurisdiction Unit 07: Infrastructure and Information Security; Risk Management Unit 08: Investigating Cybercrime: Digital Evidence and Computer Forensics Unit 09: Interception, Search and Seizure, and Surveillance Unit 10: Information Warfare, Cyberterrorism, and Hacktivism Unit 11: Terrorism, Radicalization, and The War of Ideas Unit 12: Trade Secret Theft and Economic Espionage Unit 13: National Security Unit 14: Case Study: CALEA, VoIP ---------- Research Paper Information Useful Links for Defining Technical Terms Course Subtext

Course Outline/Class Units

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1. Overview, What is Cybercrime?
2. Computer Intrusions and Attacks (Unauthorized Access)
3. Computer Viruses, Time Bombs, Trojans, Malicious Code (Malware)
4. Online Fraud and Identity Theft; Intellectual Property Theft; Virtual Crime
5. Online Vice: Gambling; Pornography; Child Exploitation
6. International Aspects and Jurisdiction
7. Infrastructure and Information Security; Risk Management
8. Investigating Cybercrime: Digital Evidence and Computer Forensics
9. Interception, Search and Seizure, and Surveillance
10. Information Warfare, Cyberterrorism, and Hacktivism
11. Terrorism, Radicalization, and The War of Ideas
12. Trade Secret Theft and Economic Espionage
13. National Security
14. Case Study: CALEA, VoIP

Course Information

1. PAPER RESEARCH
2. USEFUL LINKS FOR DEFINING TECHNICAL TERMS
3. COURSE SUBTEXT AND OPTIONAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL

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