Cybercrime Flashcards
What does the Lessig article consider the most effective mode of internet regulation?
technology
Newman and Clarke 2003 advocate what type of crime prevention to reduce crime?
situational crime prevention
The council of europe convention on cybercrime 2003 included?
the criminalisation of racist and xenophobic acts committed through computer systems
according to the national high tech crime unit, what is the most prevalent type of cybercrime experienced by businesses in 2004?
virus attacks
What does the PCEU stand for and who are they funded by?
Police central e-crime unit and funded by the met police and the home office
What does WARP stand for?
warning, advice and reporting points
The national crime agency 2010 ranked cybercrime a what? threat over what? crime?
tier one threat over organised crime
The e-crime mapping study by Levi and Williams 2011 concluded what?
(1) perceptions of e-crime prevelance largely symmetrical
(2) gaps in cooperation frequency and quality between government, finance and private sector.
what does MPS define as a disruption of an organised crime?
when a criminal network cannot operate at its usual level
what are the major transnational concerns?
obscene materials, intellectual property rights and protection of minors.
what are the major UK concerns?
fraud/identity theft, indecent images and national security.
what is trimodal regulation?
law as retroactive, market/social retroactive, technical - proactive.
what is proximal and distal regulation?
proximal - online fair use policies
distal - law, terrestrial police
