CJUS 360 - Cyber Security, Information Technology and Law Enforcement

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 100

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course explores how a “networked” world has produced new crimes and new responses, and investigates how information technology has become a tool, a target and a place of criminal activity and national security threats. Likewise, information technology is a mechanism of response. This course addresses: how emerging technologies challenge existing laws and criminal procedures, how the U.S. and other nation-states regulate criminal conduct across traditional geographic and political boundaries, and what reasonable expectations of privacy are in cyberspace. Special attention is given to how control is shifting from traditional mechanisms of law enforcement to new regulatory regimes, including technology.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Demonstrate knowledge of the terminology used in information technology by professionals and law enforcement
Describe the various elements and network topologies that comprise the information technology domain in the world today
Describe the various network topologies in use today
Critically analyze how technology has become a tool and place for criminal activity
Critically analyze the new crimes that have been generated as a result of technological advancement
Explore the various challenges emerging technologies present to existing laws and criminal procedures.
Critically analyze the ways contemporary law enforcement is changing to deal with advances in technology in the US and across the globe
Demonstrate knowledge of the various US agencies tasked with combating cyber crimes