List and discuss the typical forms of computer crime
What will be an ideal response?
• According to one definition, cybercrime is "the destruction, theft or unauthorized use, modification, or copying of information, programs, services, equipment or communication networks." Computer crime can involve cyberstalking or cyber-extortion, as well as hacking into protected computer networks to steal funds. Scanning (the process of presenting sequentially changing information to an automated system to identify those items receiving a positive response), masquerading (the process of one person assuming the identity of an authorized computer user by acquiring items, knowledge, or characteristics), false data entry, Trojan horses (the secret placement or alteration of computer instructions so that the computer will tell a second computer how to perform illegal functions), computer viruses (a set of computer instructions that reproduces itself in computer programs when they are executed within unauthorized programs), and computer program piracy (the unauthorized copying and use of computer programs in violation of copyright and trade secret laws) are also widespread.
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a. five b. two c. three d. four
The rational choice perspective argues that the specific tactics for carrying out a crime are determined by _______ decisions
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Explain the concept of materiality.
What will be an ideal response?
According to the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics 2013 special report entitled "Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2012," ________ percent of the sexual victimization among youths involved black perpetrators.
A. 57 B. 75 C. 25 D. 5