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The development of the Internet has dramatically improved the ability to gather and share information. Like many inventions, however, the Internet can be used for both good and bad purposes. In the ar...
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The Internet revolution has brought an array of technologies that have touched nearly every aspect of modern life. The ability to communicate and share information instantaneously makes all the distan...
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With the advent of the Internet there has been increasing pressure on law enforcement to investigate computer-related crime. Such investigations typically cross jurisdictional boundaries and require t...
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Unlike other, more conventional crimes, identity theft is difficult to prevent because it is most often done electronically, either on the Internet or credit card transactions. It is not a traditional...
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With increased use of the Internet and the convenience of automated teller machines and credit cards, identity theft has become a major problem in the United States. A large amount of commerce in the ...
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Identity theft seems to be on everyone's radar screen. A 2003 study by the Federal Trade Commission found that identity theft affects almost 10 million consumers a year. Most states have enacted their...
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As technology continues to move forward at a frantic pace, so does public safety practitioners' desire to take advantage of that technology. Nowhere is this more apparent today than in the use of comm...
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Generally, identity theft crimes will not be contained in one jurisdiction. Every investigation requires investigators to determine the point of compromise of the victim's identity-that is, where the ...
