Assignment 3: Law Enforcement Challenges
Assignment 3: Law Enforcement Challenges
Angela Marshall
Professor Christopher Young
Strayer University/Information Technology in Crime
March 1, 2015
The greatest challenge facing law enforcement agencies investigating exploitation, cyber stalking, and obscenity. Law enforcement agencies face many challenges that deal with cybercrime. One of the greatest challenges facing law enforcement agencies in investigating exploitation, cyber stalking, and obscenity is the power of anonymity.
Anonymity gives the perpetrator an advantage over his/her victim of not knowing. The perpetrator could be around the corner, in the next cubicle at work, or in another state; possibly being former friend or lover, a total stranger met in …show more content…
Predators can also cause a lot of havoc in a chat group through flooding a target 's Internet chat channel to disrupt conversation. A predator can also post messages in newsgroups to start malicious rumors. More complex forms of harassment include mail bombs, sending the target a devastating virus, or spamming the target with electronic junk mail. A predator’s true identity can be masked by using different services that provide anonymous communications over the Internet. To be sure, anonymity provides important benefits, including protecting the privacy of Internet users. Unfortunately cybercriminals can exploit the anonymity available on the Internet to avoid accountability for their conduct. If the predator can be identified the next step for law enforcement is to pinpoint …show more content…
In many cases, the predator may be located in a different city or state than the victim, making it more difficult (and, in some cases, impossible) for the local authority to investigate the crime. Even when law enforcement agencies are willing to pursue a cybercrime case across state lines, it may be difficult to obtain assistance from out-of-state agencies when the behavior is partial to harassing e-mail messages and no actual violence has occurred. Many cybercrime cases are referred to the FBI and U.S. Attorney 's offices because the victim and suspect were located in different states and the local agency was not able to pursue the investigation (Taylor, Robert W; Fritsch, Eric J; Liederbach, John;,
Angela Marshall
Professor Christopher Young
Strayer University/Information Technology in Crime
March 1, 2015
The greatest challenge facing law enforcement agencies investigating exploitation, cyber stalking, and obscenity. Law enforcement agencies face many challenges that deal with cybercrime. One of the greatest challenges facing law enforcement agencies in investigating exploitation, cyber stalking, and obscenity is the power of anonymity.
Anonymity gives the perpetrator an advantage over his/her victim of not knowing. The perpetrator could be around the corner, in the next cubicle at work, or in another state; possibly being former friend or lover, a total stranger met in …show more content…
Predators can also cause a lot of havoc in a chat group through flooding a target 's Internet chat channel to disrupt conversation. A predator can also post messages in newsgroups to start malicious rumors. More complex forms of harassment include mail bombs, sending the target a devastating virus, or spamming the target with electronic junk mail. A predator’s true identity can be masked by using different services that provide anonymous communications over the Internet. To be sure, anonymity provides important benefits, including protecting the privacy of Internet users. Unfortunately cybercriminals can exploit the anonymity available on the Internet to avoid accountability for their conduct. If the predator can be identified the next step for law enforcement is to pinpoint …show more content…
In many cases, the predator may be located in a different city or state than the victim, making it more difficult (and, in some cases, impossible) for the local authority to investigate the crime. Even when law enforcement agencies are willing to pursue a cybercrime case across state lines, it may be difficult to obtain assistance from out-of-state agencies when the behavior is partial to harassing e-mail messages and no actual violence has occurred. Many cybercrime cases are referred to the FBI and U.S. Attorney 's offices because the victim and suspect were located in different states and the local agency was not able to pursue the investigation (Taylor, Robert W; Fritsch, Eric J; Liederbach, John;,