Course Description

This course introduced me to ways cybercrime is committed and investigated. I analyzed the career trajectories of cybercriminals and cyber investigators (through looking at interviews, actual case warrants for things such as ‘geofences’ and the like) stated in their own words, and discussed the legal and ethical ramifications of warrants for digital evidence. In order to understand the context of this class, I needed to be somewhat familiar with the criminal justice system, internet architecture, and the different types of cybercrime.

Skills Learned/Exemplary Work

This class has helped improve my writing and critical thinking skills. In the example response paper below, I analyzed the ethics behind limiting speech when it comes to violence (when is speech considered violence?). I discussed the multiple implications of this and why it would be a net positive or negative for the academic society we live in today. It is a five page response paper to a video lecture and some other provided materials. I discuss the effects of limiting speech on the academic community and how far it should go before it gets to an extreme that is unnecessary.

When-Is-Speech-Violence-L1-Response-Paper

My professor, Dr. Roderick Graham, was so impressed by the above response paper that he asked my permission to use it as an example paper for the rest of his classes cybercrime classes and for his courses moving forward out of this semester. Pictured below is the professor feedback in Canvas about this paper.