LAWE 1600 - Introduction to Cyber Crime Investigation

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: None

(formerly LAWE 2915)

LAWE 1600 provides students with an overview of cyber crimes, computer-related crime issues confronting the American criminal justice system, and various means of investigating those crimes.

Contact Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3

OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to define traditional versus contemporary computer crime.

Objectives: The student will:

Identify and discuss phreakers, hacking, computers as commodities, and theft of intellectual property.
Identify and discuss neo-traditional crime, web-based criminal activity, and ancillary crimes.
Define and discuss identity theft and fraud, prevalence of victimology, physical methods of virtual ID theft or internet-facilitated methods, and crimes facilitated by ID theft/fraud.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify various avenues and outcomes for prosecution and government efforts.

Objectives: The student will:

Define and discuss traditional statutes, the evolution of computer-specific statutes, and evolving child pornography statutes.
Identify theft and financial privacy statutes, federally funded operations and tools in the United States, and international efforts.
Define the first and fourth amendment and their respective application to computer-related crime.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to describe forensic terminology/forensic science capabilities, searching and seizing computer-related evidence and processing of evidence/report preparation

Objectives: The student will:

Define and discuss computer forensic science and disk structure, developing computer forensic science capabilities, minimum housing/hardware/software requirements and a sampling of popular forensic software.
Identify pre-search activities, on-scene activities, bagging and tagging, identifying witnesses and scene departure/transportation of evidence to the lab.
Identify and discuss aspects of data analysis, non-windows operating systems, P.D.A. forensics, and written report preparation and final documentation.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.

2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.

3. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.

4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.

5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
Session and Topic:

Cyberspace and criminal behavior
Computer terminology and history
Traditional vs. contemporary computer crime
ID theft/fraud
Prosecution and government efforts
Application of first and fourth amendments to computer-related crimes
Forensic science capabilities
Search and seizure/processing computer-related evidence

Primary Faculty
Hliebay, Eugene
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Lopez, Michael
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine

Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088