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Investigative and policing issues

Computers have revolutionised the investigation of traditional crime and have opened up a new sphere for the investigation of high-tech crimes where ICT equipment or data are the object for the offending or the tool for the commission of an offence. Those who investigate high tech crime are faced with many opportunities and challenges. The biggest problems are not to do with the laws of evidence but rather with search and seizure, the scale of material that is available, the volatility of data and the degree of anonymity available using ICT.

Australian resources 

• Fighting the invisible (PDF 210kB)
  Australian Federal Police Platypus magazine, 2003  
• Field guide for investigating computer crime
  Timothy E Wright, 2000
• Technology environmental scan - technology forum report
  Andrew Rees. Australasian Centre for Policing Research, 2000
• The virtual horizon : meeting the law enforcement challenges : developing an Australasian law enforcement strategy for dealing with electronic crime : scoping paper
  Police Commissioners' Conference Electronic Crime Working Party, 2000

Overseas/international resources

• The police recording of computer crime (PDF 62kB)
  Home Office (UK), 2004
• Supplying the skills for justice : addressing the needs of law enforcement and industry for investigatory and enforcement skills
  EURIM/IPPR E-crime Study, 2004
• Good practice guide for computer based electronic evidence (PDF 457kB)
  National High Tech Crime Unit (UK), 2003
• Partnership policing for the information society : separating myth from reality and snake-oil from practicality
  EURIM/IPPR E-crime Study, 2003
• Reporting methods and structures
  EURIM/IPPR E-crime Study, 2003
• Roles and procedures for investigation
  EURIM/IPPR E-crime Study, 2003
• Electronic crime needs assessment for state and local enforcement
  Hollis Stambaugh, David S Beaupre, David J Icove, Richard Baker, Wayne Cassaday, and Wayne P Williams. Department of Justice (US), 2001
• Electronic crime scene investigation : a guide for first responders
  National Institute of Justice (US), 2001
• Society for the Policing of Cyberspace

Recent publications

• Computer security threats faced by small businesses in Australia
  07 February 2012
• Misperceptions about child sex offenders
  30 September 2011
• Cyber threat landscape faced by financial and insurance industry
  21 February 2011
• Online interactions involving suspected paedophiles who engage male children
  10 December 2010
• Cloud computing: Challenges and future directions
  18 October 2010
• Covert and cyber bullying
  26 February 2010
• Crime risks of three-dimensional virtual environments
  23 February 2010
• Online child grooming: a literature review on the misuse of social networking sites for grooming children for sexual offences
  06 July 2009
• Responding to online child sexual grooming: an industry perspective
  06 July 2009
• Top 10 computer security tools used by Australian businesses
  09 June 2009
• Industry sector and the prevalence of computer security incidents against Australian businesses
  09 June 2009
• Computer security incidents experienced by Australian businesses
  09 June 2009
• The Australian Business Assessment of Computer User Security (ABACUS) survey: methodology report
  09 June 2009
• The Australian Business Assessment of Computer User Security: a national survey
  01 June 2009
• New methods of transferring value electronically
  25 May 2009

Recent events

• International Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2010
  18 October 2010
• Australian Consumer Fraud Taskforce Agency Forum 2009
  08 October 2009
• Anti money laundering symposium
  30 September 2002
• Internet Crime
  16 February 1998