NCJ Number
119326
Date Published
1989
Length
596 pages
Annotation
Written for criminal defense lawyers, prosecutors, corporate counsel, and other attorneys, this volume surveys crucial issues that arise out of the use of computers and other high technology as a tool of crime or civil wrong as well as situations in which the technology itself has been used by people in unauthorized, unlawful ways for their own benefit or to make inappropriate commercial use of it.
Abstract
The text emphasizes the need for three interrelated areas of efforts to protect high technology: private preventive measures, public enforcement measures, and private enforcement measures. An introduction explains the kinds of technology discussed throughout the book. Subsequent chapters examine Federal and State criminal statutes dealing with the abuse of hardware, the misappropriation of computer software, and wrongful access to computers; crimes related to trade secrets; and offenses directed at automated teller machines, automated clearinghouses, and other technologies related to electronic funds transfer. A further chapter explains Federal export controls of commercial and dual use merchandise with national security implications; and the regulation of the transnational movement of arms, munitions, and nuclear material. Internal corporate security of computers and trade secrets is discussed in terms of the development of systematic security procedures as part of corporate strategic planning. A final chapter focuses on the litigation of criminal cases involving advanced technology. It covers the investigation of high-technology crimes, pretrial proceedings, and evidentiary problems. Footnotes, index, and appended lists of State statutes and cases cited.