This paper is about the question when virtual cybercrime should be brought under the scope of the criminal law. By virtual cybercrime I mean crime that involves a specific aspect of computers or computer networks: virtuality. Examples of virtual cybercrime are: virtual child pornography, theft of virtual items and the killing of an avatar (a virtual person). Drawing from philosophical ontology ...

Damon McCoy is an assistant professor in the CS department at George Mason University. He obtained his PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and his research includes work on anonymous communication systems, cyber-physical security, e-crime, and wireless privacy. [email protected] Geoffrey M. Voelker is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. He w...

The development of a human financial life evolves following the times that are influenced by cyber space where everything is easy and instant, one which use debit/credit cards this card offers convenience in carrying out various transactions without having to cash very efficient handle. anywhere even large numbers. need for payment instruments using has become prima donna community. However, pr...

Beginning in the 1980s, the term hate crime became part of the research canon of criminologists across the United States. Researchers have examined the characteristics of hate crime victims, offenders, and offenses. However, little is known about the context of hate crime, and more specifically about the ways that the changing demographics of the United States have contributed to hate crime. Th...

Crimes are a social nuisance and cost our society dearly in several ways. Crime investigation has very significant role of police system in any country. Developing a good crime analysis tool to identify crime patterns quickly and efficiently for future crime pattern detection is required. This paper presents combine approach of clustering, outlier detection and providing the rule engine to iden...

The history of the juvenile court precedes its formal beginnings in the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899. This article traces key trends in the early history of the court, beginning with the founding of separate penal institutions for children in the 1820s and ending with the development of critical analyses of court practice in the 1930s. The Illinois statute distinguished between delinquen...

This article considers the challenges faced by digital evidence specialists when collaborating with other specialists and agencies in other jurisdictions when investigating cyber crime. The opportunities, operational environment and modus operandi of a cyber criminal are considered, with a view to developing the skills and procedural support that investigators might usefully consider in order t...