Understanding and Managing Cybercrime » (1st Edition)

Sam McQuade is currently an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of IT-enabled crime, technology in criminal justice and security management, and criminology.

Dr. McQuade has thirty years of experience as a criminal justice practitioner, teacher, and researcher. He is a former deputy sheriff, police officer, detective, and police organizational change consultant. He has also served as a social science program manager at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S. Department of Justice, and as a study director for the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences.

Professor McQuade completed his doctoral degree studies in 2001 at George Mason University, School of Public Policy, in Fairfax, Virginia. In 1994 he earned a master of public administration degree from the University of Washington, Graduate School of Public Affairs, and in 1992 he earned a bachelor of arts degree in Human Services Management from the Western Washington University.

Provides a general yet original overview of cybercrime and the legal, social, and technical issues that cybercrime presents.

Understanding and Managing Cybercrime is accessible to a wide audience and written at an introductory level for use in courses that focus on the challenges having to do with emergence, prevention, and control of high tech crime. It takes a multidisciplinary perspective, essential to full appreciation of the subject and in dealing with this very complex type of criminal activity. The text ties together various disciplines—information technology, the sociology/anthropology of cyberspace, computer security, deviance, law, criminal justice, risk management, and strategic thinking.

I. UNDERSTANDING CYBERCRIME.

1. Cybercrime: A New High Tech Crime Paradigm.

1.0 Introduction: What is Cybercrime?

1.1 Understanding Human Behavior in Evolving Social and Technological Contexts.

1.2 High-tech Crime History, Constructs and Terms.

1.3 The Importance of Defining and Understanding Crime Terms.

1.4 Principles for Better Understanding Cybercrime and Future Crime Labels.

1.5 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Analysis Questions.

References and Endnotes.

2. Information Assurance.

2.0 Introduction: What Are We Protecting?

2.1 Technology, Information and Data in Justice and Security Management.

2.2 Information Assurance.

2.3 Attack Dimensions.

2.4 Critical Infrastructure Protection .

2.5 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

3. IT-enabled Abuse, Attacks and Crimes.

3.0 Introduction: How are Information Technologies Misused and By Whom?

3.1 Types of Abuse, Attacks and Crime

Adware.

3.2 Evolving Forms of Cybercrimes, Attacks and Conflict.

3.3 Chapter Summary.

4. Computer Abusers and Cybercriminals.

4.0 Introduction: Who commits computer abuse and cybercrime?

4.1 Behavioral and Social Traits of Abusers, Attackers and Criminals.

4.2 Categorizing Cyber Abusers, Attackers and Criminals.

4.3 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

II. THEORETICAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON CYBERCRIME .

5. Theories of Computer-enabled Abuse and Crime.

5.0 Introduction: Why Do People Commit Cyber Abuse and Crime?

5.1 Theories — The Building Blocks of Knowledge and Understanding .

5.2 Classical Criminology.

5.3 Trait Theories.

5.4 Social Process Theories.

5.5 Social Structure Theories.

5.6 Conflict Theories.

5.7 Integrated Theories.

5.8 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

6. The Social and Economic Impacts of Cybercrime .

6.0 Introduction: Who is Harmed and by How Much Cybercrime?

6.1 The Human and Financial Costs of Cyber Abuse and Cybercrime.

6.2 The Economic and Social Impacts of Cybercrime Victimization.

6.3 How Much Cybercrime is There?

6.4 Assessment of Research on Cybercrime.

7. Emerging Crime-related Issues and Controversies.

7.0 Introduction: How is IT Creating New Opportunities for Cybercrime?

7.1 Emerging Potential for Cyber Abuse and Crime.

7.2 Controversial Cybercrime-related Issues and Stakeholders.

7.3 Chapter Summary.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

III. MANAGING AND PREVENTING CYBERCRIME.

8. Cyber Laws and Regulations.

8.0 Introduction: How Does Society Prohibit Cybercrime?

8.1 The Rationale and Reach of Cyber Laws.

8.2 How Laws and Regulations are Created and Administered .

8.3 Bodies of U.S. Law Pertaining to IT and Cybercrime Issues.

8.4 Key Federal Cybercrime Laws and InfoSec Regulations.

8.5 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

9. Investigating and Prosecuting Cybercrime.

9.0 Introduction: What Happens When Cybercrime Laws Are Broken?

9.1 Criminal Justice System Components.

9.2 Legal Issues Governing Investigative Procedures.

9.3 Crime Scene Processing and Evidence Management.

9.4 Prosecuting Cybercriminals.

9.5 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

10. Preventing Cybercrime via Information Security.

10.0 Introduction: How Can We Better Protect our Computer Systems and Data?

10.1 Personal and Organizational Information Security Protocols.

10.2 Advancing the Security Posture of Organizations.

10.3 The Purpose and the Value of Auditing.

10.4 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

11. Future Opportunities for Managing Cybercrime.

11.0 Introduction: Where Can We Go From Here?

11.1 What More Government Can Do to Prevent Cybercrime.

11.2 Transformation of Information Security Folk Artistry.

11.3 Career Opportunities.

11.4 Chapter Summary.

Key Terms and Concepts.

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions.

References and Endnotes.

Appendix A — Organizational Stakeholders.