Cybercrime

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

• Evidence
  Tony Krone. High tech crime brief, 2005
• International police operations against online child pornography
  Tony Krone, 2005
• Queensland police stings in online chat rooms
  Tony Krone, 2005
• Developing a police perspective and exploring the use of biometrics and other emerging technologies as an investigative tool in identity crime
  K N Krishnan and Des Berwick. Australasian Centre for Policing Research, 2004
• Impediments to the successful investigation of transnational high tech crime
  Russell Smith, 2004
• Australian identity crime policing strategy 2003-2005
  Police Commissioners' Conference Electronic Crime Steering Committee, 2003
• Developing a framework for evaluating computer forensic tools
  Colin Armstrong. Evaluation in crime and justice: trends and methods conference, 2003
• Fighting the invisible (PDF 210kB)
  Australian Federal Police Platypus magazine, 2003
• Cybercrime : now this changes everything! (PDF 224kB)
  Barbara Etter. Growing Australia online conference, 2002
• Leadership in the high-tech crime environment (PDF 351kB)
  Barbara Etter. Police Executive Leadership Program seminar, 2002
• Computer crime
  Barbara Etter. Fourth national outlook symposium on crime in Australia, 2001
• Electronic crime strategy of the Police Commissioners' Conference Electronic Crime Steering Committee 2001-2003 : Mar 2001
  Police Commissioners' Conference Electronic Crime Working Party, 2001
• The forensic challenges of e-crime
  Barbara Etter. Australasian Centre for Policing Research, 2001
• 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
• What is forensic computing?
  Rodney McKemmish, 1999
• Investigative and policing issues
  Ken Day. Internet crime conference, 1998

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
• Investigating cybercrime : barriers and solutions
  Russell Smith. Pacific rim fraud conference, 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