The Short Arm of Predictive Knowledge

From Jonas reading, our ability to predict consequences is weaker than our ability to cause them. That short arm of predictive knowledge means cyber policy can not rely on confidence within forecasting. There are several ways to try to fix this issue. One would be to shift from prediction to precaution. Instead of asking what…

Opportunities for Workplace Deviance

Payne argues that computers have not changed why people commit occupational crime, instead they have changed the ways they can do it. In a traditional white collar setting, opportunities were limited by physical access, such as face to face transactions, visible cash handling, and paper records. With the use of digital systems, employees are capable…

Cybersecurity and Criminal Justice

The evolution of crime has made it difficult for law enforcement to do their job. The evolution of crime has created more features like anonymity and speed, which all undermine normal investigative methods. Anonymity allows for offenders to hide identities through VPNs and encryption. Speed makes it easy for crimes to escalate quickly without anyone…