UNSW Handbook Course - Criminal Threats from Cyberspace

Criminal Threats from Cyberspace - LAWS3066


	Faculty: Faculty of Law
	School: Faculty of Law
	Course Outline: See below
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Pre-requisites: LAWS1001 and LAWS1011; JURD7101 and JURD7111
	Excluded: CRIM2023, JURD7566
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

'Cybercrime' examines how the online world has borne new crimes and law enforcement responses, as well as investigates how the computer has become both a target of attack and a tool for criminal activity. ‘Cybercrime’ explores a number of emerging cybercrimes , and also explores how old crimes are affected in new mediums. How do nation-states regulate criminal activity of those persons and organizations located abroad? How is law enforcement shifting from traditional mechanisms to new regulatory regimes and technological solutions? The course will be taught from an inter-disciplinary perspective. A technical background is not essential.

Convenor

Alana Maurushat
Lecturer, Faculty of Law
Email: a.maurushat@unsw.edu.au

Recommended Prior Knowledge

Basic components of criminal law. While some knowledge of technologies is useful, there will be no assumption that students possess such knowledge prior to commencing the course.

Course Objectives

Articulate the main elements of various cybercrime offences
Understand the unique challenges posed to law enforcement agents, policy makers and prosecutors
Appreciate the level of technical complexity and evolving issues in high tech crime
To be able to engage in debate on policy reform in the area
Explain and provide better instruction to a digital forensic specialist
Completion of a independent research of an inter-disciplinary nature

Main Topics

Digital evidence
Internet and criminal regulatory theory
High Tech Crimes (Eg. Hacking, Cracking, Phishing, Social Engineering, Pharming, Malware, Botnets)

Assessment

Notes and Queries - 30%

Participation (Online and in Class) - 30%

Research Poster + Annotated Bibliography - 40%

Course Texts

Prescribed

None

Recommended

Cybercrime: Criminal Threats from Cyberspace (1st ed), Susan Brenner 2010

Resources

Refer to the course outline which will be provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the relevant semester.

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