The community was in fear of another attack, they turned to the law enforcement community to provide reassurance that everything possible was being done to protect the community. The criminal justice system had to make changes to policies and procedures to ensure that future crimes of this nature will be better handled. Future Criminal Justice Trends Because technologies are constantly changing and upgrading, many future trends in criminal justice have presented. With the advancement of the computer and the World Wide Web, cyber-crimes have become more popular in the United States and around the world. A very common and hard to control issues that the United States and the world has had to contend with is identity theft.
The key provisions will be identified along with their meanings to both governmental agencies and the average citizen. Section 203 (b) and (d) information sharing: allows information from criminal probes to be shared with intelligence agencies and other parts of the government. These provisions are at the heart of the effort to break down the barriers that used to separate criminal and intelligence investigations. The United States Justice Department has frequently blamed these barriers for the failure to find and detain September 11th hijackers prior to the attacks. CIA agents had information significantly prior to the attacks that some of the hijackers were in the United States and were suspected terrorists, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claims they did not receive the information until August
FTOverview As the CISO for VL Bank I was recently informed of the crime being committed against our customers. I have been tasked with investigating this crime and finding a swift resolution for our customers and to do everything within my power to bring the attacker(s) to justice. After carefully considering the document prepared by my information security analysts I have determined not only which laws apply to this crime but also the necessary steps taken to further the investigation and how to prevent security issues in the future. Two Laws that Apply to this Case After examining various case laws I have deduced the following laws apply in this case, they are the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Electronics Communications Privacy Act. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act explicitly states “when a trespass is made with an intent to defraud that results in both furthering the fraud and the attacker obtaining something of value” (Gallegos & Senft, 2009).
The issues covered by the strategy include; fighting transnational crimes, countering terrorism, disaster countenance, US-Mexico-boarder initiative, cyberspace policy review and surface transportation security assessment among others. The strategy has maintained achievements of the set objectives and goals steadily. However, the continued achievements were radically threatened by the revelations of Snowden in 2013. On the security of the nationals of the US, the specific strategy is to collect intelligence reports by intercepting personal information to prevent any plans that are evil against the people of America. The intelligence reports are shared amongst other departments so that national security is observed with an inner eye of the government.
The FBI is constantly evolving and adapting to meet changing times, dynamics of crime, espionage and political terrorism. Currently the FBI is a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice and is responsible to the Attorney General and is also responsible for reporting its findings to federal U.S. attorneys across the country. It provides other states and local law enforcement agencies with cooperative services, fingerprint identification, laboratory examinations, and police training. The mission(4) of the FBI is to coordinate intelligence efforts that drive actions to protect the United States. Their goal is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the threats and penetrate national and international and transnational networks that have a desire and capability to harm us.
Criminals are turning to cyber-crime because of the speed and convenience. Cyber-crimes include attacks against computer data and systems, identity theft, Internet fraud, e-mail scams, and phishing. In addition the threat of terrorism forces authorities to address security vulnerabilities related to information technology infrastructure such as power plants, electric grids, information systems, and the computer systems of government and major companies. References Cantor, M. (2013). Pentagon on cyber security force: Quintuple it.
Political corruption does not stop with the politicians. Criminal organizations are gaining influence and control over police commissioners, judges, prosecutors, customs agents and other very influential parties. By controlling the politicians, crime groups are able to sway the outcomes of court trials; they are able to import illegal contraband into the country and are able to commit criminal acts while law enforcement officials look the other way. Simply put, organized crime is gradually gaining control over this country and its
While nice in theory, TOR is not publically accepted and is widely regarded as the “darkweb” due to the sheer amount of illicit content accessible. PRISM is an ongoing data-mining program created and heavily used by the NSA. In theory, PRISM is to be used for the investigation of foreign targets, but its scope has been broadened as the data collected by PRISM affects most citizens internationally. With societies current dependence on internet giants such as Microsoft and Google, it is near impossible to avoid
These offices help coordinate international enforcement activities and help the flow of law enforcement information between the FBI and the host countries. The FBI formed the National Computer Crime Squad (NCCS), which is used to investigate violations of the federal Counterfeit Access Devise and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984, the Computer Fraud Act of 1986, as well as other cyber crime laws. They also operate the system known as CODIS. CODIS, which stands for Combined DNA Index System, is a database that contains DNA “profiles.” These profiles are of offenders convicted of crimes like rape, murder, and certain crimes against children. Information is gathered from evidence found at crime scenes.
The strengths of the NCVS outweighed the UCR/NIBRS program in measuring domestic violence. Introduction Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) is an annual publication produced by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that gathers data from law enforcement agencies in the United States on reported crimes and arrests. Because of problems with the UCR program, the government implemented a new and more detailed report called the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) which reports on each incident and arrest. Because the UCR/NIBRS program is solely based on law enforcement agencies reporting data to the FBI, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) relies on the actual victims of a crime regardless if it is reported or not. Both the UCR/NIBRS and NCVS have unique ways in which data is collected and how it is categorized.