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Computer Crime

            Computer Crime has become a very large issue in our society today; this paper will look at this issue from a sociological perspective. It will analyze the various crimes that make up computer crime and see what changes it has brought about in the world in which we live in. Computer crime first is a very new problem in our society today and it is crimes that are committed from a computer. These include embezzling, breaking into other computers, cyber porn and various other crimes that have a drastic affect on the society and the institutions that each of us hold to keep our global society running. .
             To first understand computer crime one must understand first what crime is. Firstly, crime is a behaviour that violates criminal law and is punishable with fines, jail or other sanctions"(Kendall 1999; 161). Yet since computer technology is so new it has really no laws to govern it. Many of the crimes committed on computers often times go unpunished. Many of the crimes that are also committed on computers via the Internet are very new also. New subcultures have formed around the Internet for the possibilities it brings. Computer crime despite the many problems it has brought has also brought some needed social controls to the Internet and as stated before some laws have been formed to protect many of the institutions that because of computer crime have become targets for criminals. .
             Briefly havng explained computer crime, going into further depth into explaining computer crime from the different sociological view theories. Many of those that commit computer crimes are hackers or people who hack into computer systems for both fun and for gaining access to information. They have formed their own subcultures and hold many different beliefs about the information that is stored in personal computers. Besides forming subcultures, many hackers have learned their behaviour from other hackers. .
             Legislators can promote cybersecurity in other ways as well.


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1. Computer Crime

A Computer crime is generally defined as any crime accomplished through special knowledge of computer technology. The person who commits a Computer Crime is a person who violates any of the following things: Unauthorized access to a computer system, A person is guilty of a computer crime when they gain unauthorized access to a computer system knowing that they are not authorized to do so. ... A person is guilty of the computer crime of theft of computer services when he accesses a computer system with the intent to obtain unauthorized computer services. ... Penalties for committing ...

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2. Computer Crime

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3. Computer Crime

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5. Computer Crime and Prevention

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7. Computer Crimes

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8. Computer Crime

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