I will begin with this paper by defining computer crimes and giving examples of different types of crimes and ways of committing them. A computer crime is "any crime that is committed by means of the special knowledge or expert use of computer technology. Computer crime became a serious problem in the 1960's."(Britannica 157) There are quiet a few different types of computer crimes and there are very extensive ways of committing them. One example is breaking into a computer system without the authorization, this is the most popular of all of the computer crimes. One way of doing this is by going through a separate phone line, or using a modem to

Computer crimes are hard to investigate because of the high technological advances and the masterminds behind them. Most of the high ranking government agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the CIA investigate these crimes. Although these crimes are investigated so thoroughly by these organizations they are still rarely solved. The only ways to solve these crimes is by trying to find the sources of the crime and trying to catch the criminal in the act of committing the crimes. Because law enforcement

are a very serious business and to completely understand them you have to get a lot of information because it is such a broad topic. Since computers have become such a large part of our world today I think that by knowing about computer crimes I will be better off in the long run. I think that by knowing more about the different types of computer crimes and how to prevent them, I will be more prepared than most people in today's society. And I will be more intelligent about what is happening on the web.

Computer crimes are becoming more and more apparent because of the large numbers of computers in the world if law enforcement agencies do not come into contact with the situation it could become horrible for our society. It could lead to wars or ripping off of companies. Since many of the crimes are hard to detect I believe that our government should work harder to try and prevent these crimes, before our country is overrun by computer criminals and hackers.

break into the system. Once the perpetrator is into the system they can do a number of things such as steal vital material or

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