Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Define cybercrime.
- Describe how the definition of cybercrime was developed.
- Determine what technologies can be used to commit cybercrime.
- Identify the effect of cybercrime on society.
- Explain the financial consequences of cybercrime in the United States.
- Describe how the evolution of technology has affected cybercrime.
- Describe types of cybercrimes against property including phishing, hacking, and identity theft.
- Explain why people commit cybercrimes against property.
- Identify the role of criminal justice agencies in the investigation of cybercrimes against property.
- Assess the effect of cybercrime against property.
- Describe how the prevalence of information technology has led to changes in cybercrimes against persons.
- Describe how technologically advanced equipment is used to prevent and investigate cybercrimes against persons.
- Assess the effects of cyberstalking.
- Describe how law enforcement agencies investigate cybercrime.
- Describe how law enforcement agencies prevent cybercrime.
- Assess the roles of local, state, and federal government in the development of cybercrime prevention strategies.
- Analyze the relationship between the future of technology and cybercrime.
- Describe how the Internet may be used by future cybercriminals.
- Evaluate law enforcement methods used to identify future trends of cybercriminals.
- Predict the future financial effect of cybercrime on society.