This course will employ a variety of instructional methods to accomplish its objectives, including some of the following:
- lectures
- seminars
- audio visual material
- small group discussions
- research projects and research papers
1. Computer and internet basics:
- Computer hardware and software
- Operation of the Internet
- Infrastructure and usage
2. The legal composition of cybercrime:
- Defining cybercrime
- Classifying cyber offences
- Computer offences
- Computer-facilitated offences
- Computer-supported offences
- Prevalence and frequency of cybercrimes
- Globally
- Canada
3. Methods and techniques used in the commission of offences:
- Malicious software
- Viruses
- Worms
- Trojan horses
- Spyware, adware, and scareware
- Hacking
- Classification of hackers
- Techniques used by hackers
- Spamming, phishing, and skimming
- Botnets
- Distributed denial of service attacks
4. Computer offences:
- Illegal access
- Illegal interception
- Data and system interference
- Misuse of devices
5. Content-related offences:
- Child pornography
6. Offences against the person:
- Cyberstalking
- Grooming
- Voyeurism
- Cyberbullying
7. Fraud and financial crimes:
- Fraud
- Identity theft
- Money laundering
- Copyright infringement
- Software piracy
8. Theoretical explanations for cybercrimes:
- Cultural and subcultural
- Sociological
- Opportunity
9. International issues:
- Cyber-terrorism
- Cyber-warfare
- Human trafficking
10. Jurisdictional issues:
- Canadian laws and jurisdiction
- Global nature of cybercrimes and jurisdictional issues
- Prescriptive jurisdiction
- Adjudicative jurisdiction
- Enforcement jurisdiction
- Canadian laws and jurisdiction
At the conclusion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Illustrate the operation of computers and the internet.
- Identify various classifications of cybercrimes and cyber-criminals.
- Describe the prevalence of cybercrimes in Canada and other nations.
- Identify the methods and techniques commonly used by cyber-criminals.
- Distinguish between various types of cybercrimes with respect to the motivations and methods of operation of offenders, the types of victims or targets, and the spatial, temporal, and legal domains in which they are carried out.
- Analyse international issues such as cyber-terrorism, cyber-warfare, and human trafficking.
- Examine the ability of existing criminological theories to explain cybercrime.
- Analyse existing Canadian cybercrime legislation and the dynamic nature of the ways cybercrimes are documented in legislation.
- Explain jurisdictional challenges when responding to cybercrime.
Evaluation will be based on course objectives and be carried out in accordance with Douglas College policy. The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on some of the following:
- Participation
- Essay
- Oral presentation
- Exams and quizzes
An example of one possible evaluation scheme would be:
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Title: Principles of Cybercrime, 2nd Edition
Author(s): Clough, Jonathan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2015
Title: Cybercrime: Key Issues and Debates
Author(s): Alisdair A. Gillespie
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2015
Title: Cybercrime: Investigating High-Technology Computer Crime
Author(s): Robert Moore
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication Date: 2014
Title: Cybercrime and the Law: Challenges, Issues, and Outcomes
Author(s): Susan W. Brenner
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Publication Date: 2012
Title: Cybercrime in Canadian Criminal Law
Author(s): Sara M. Smyth
Publisher: Carswell
Publication Date: 2015
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
- No corequisite courses
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
- No equivalency courses