Cybercrime Handbook for Community Corrections: Managing Offender Risk in the 21st Century

• NCJ Number: 238570
• Author(s): Art Bowker M.A.
• Date Published: 2012
• Length: 276 pages
• Sale Source: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Book (Hardbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview; Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This book - which is intended primarily for pretrial, probation, parole, and community sanction officers - provides guidance on the tools and policies that can improve the community-based management of offenders involved in computer-related crimes ("cyber-offenders").

Abstract

The author notes that many probation and parole officers are turning to law enforcement resources in order to obtain the technological skills needed for supervising the cyber-offender. Although this is helpful in improving the searches of offenders' computers, effective cyber-offender management often requires more than just the ability to perform a computer search that reveals how the computer is being used. One example is the installation of computer software and periodically reviewing the results. Thus, community corrections officers must be trained in supervisory techniques that go beyond traditional law enforcement concerns. This book presents extensive coverage of laws applicable only in the United States; however, the techniques and practices presented for managing an offender's computer use can be adopted by any foreign jurisdiction involved in community corrections. The chapters are organized by major areas. The first chapter presents an overview of cyberspace and how it intersects with community corrections, followed by a chapter that addresses the pros and cons of the various options available for managing cyber-risk. Two chapters focus on the legalities of imposing various computer restrictions as well as the enforcement of technological conditions. Following a chapter on the evaluation of cyber-risk, a chapter serves as a basic primer for understanding computer components and their relevance for supervision officers. This is followed by three chapters that discuss the basic principles of managing an offender's computer use, computer searches and seizures, and the deployment of computer monitoring. Another chapter considers online investigations by community corrections. Chapter references, appended supplementary information, and a subject index