What different types of cybercriminals does this chapter describe?

What will be an ideal response?


This chapter describes six main types of hackers, including:

• Pioneers: people fascinated by the evolving technology of telecommunications who explore it without knowing what they will find

• Scamps: hackers with a sense of fun who intend no overt harm

• Explorers: hackers motivated by their delight in the discoveries associated with breaking into new computer systems

• Game players: hackers who enjoy defeating software or system protections and who see hacking itself as a game

• Vandals: malicious hackers who deliberately cause damage with no apparent gain for themselves

• Addicts: classic computer "nerds" who are addicted to hacking and computer technology

In addition, other computer criminal include professional criminals who are using high technology in the commission of serious criminal activity.

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From 1946 to 1963, for example, the military subjected up to 300,000 soldiers and civilians to radiation during atomic bomb tests in Nevada and elsewhere. This is an example of:

a. Corporate neglect b. Military crime c. Vigilante terror d. Illegal experimentation

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Legislative exclusion may also be known as _______________ exclusion

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1) During Frye v. United States (1923) the court excluded expert testimony about the findings from a waterboarding incident. 2) Voice stress analysis systems attempt to measure and identify the relationship between speech, deception and psychological stress. These systems are useful in investigations, but lack reliability and evidence. 3) Eye-tracking is also known as “gaze-based biometrics” and currently involves cameras that document pupil size, eye fixation and blinking rates. 4) Pupil dilation is also related to arousal and emotional states, the pupil size increases with anger. 5) Stress analysis is not an interviewing model but a rich source of techniques that incorporates verbal, nonverbal and physiological communications awareness.

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Which of following is NOT one of the four levels of mens rea?

A) Likelihood B) Purposefulness C) Knowing D) Neglect

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