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NOTE: Course offerings change. Classes offered this semester may not be offered in future semesters.278.78 sec. 1 - Computer Crime Law (Fall 2012)
Instructor: Chris Hoofnagle (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: MW 2:10-3:25
Meeting Location: 240
Course Start: August 22, 2012
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49760
"Computer crime" has been with us since the 1960s, but our society's dependence upon, and the evolution of, networked communications has changed computer crime dramatically in recent decades. With the aid of a computer, individuals now can levy sophisticated attacks at a scale typically available to organized crime rings or governments. As a result, all 50 states and the federal government have enacted laws prohibiting unauthorized use of computers, and in recent years, governments have tried to harmonize these laws internationally.
Computers can be the means, target of, or the source of information about a crime, and increasingly, those interested in all aspects of criminal law must have some working knowledge of computer crime to effectively investigate, prosecute, and defend cases. This course will explore the policy and law of computer crime and consider how "cybercrimes" are different from and similar to transgressive behavior in physical space. Topics will include the Fourth Amendment, forensics, electronic surveillance, cyberbullying, identity theft, computer hacking and cracking, espionage, cyberterrorism, privacy, and the challenge of cross-jurisdiction enforcement.
No technical knowledge is required for the course.
Exam Notes: TH
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
This course is cross-listed in the following categories:
Criminal Law
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Readers:
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Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence: Materials and Cases (for a cheaper alternative, buy the looseleaf version)
Thomas K. Clancy
Edition: First Edition / Standard Casebook / 2011
Publisher: LexisNexis
ISBN: 9781422494080
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $131.00
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Folletts prices are unavailable at this time. - Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence: Materials and Cases (Looseleaf version is identical to the casebook but heavily discounted)
Thomas K. Clancy
Edition: First Edition / Looseleaf Version--same pagination as the casebook / 2011
Publisher: LexisNexis
ISBN: 9781422495995
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 79.00
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time. - Fatal System Error
Joseph Menn,
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 9781586487485
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 0.01
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time. - Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
Kevin Poulsen,
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 9780307588685
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 12.99
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time.
