CRJ 675 - Cyber-Crime Investigation

This course is designed to give law enforcement personnel and those working in the field new tools in cyber and real world criminal investigations. Topics include: digital wire taps, keystroke loggers, and application compilers for both wired and wireless networks. Students will be able to show a proficiency in intercepting electronic communications, recompiling the data, and identify if/when it has happened to a complainant. Other topics include: data mining tools allowing students to locate, correlate and extrapolate public and private information on the Internet and private databases. Students will use and show proficiency in graphical charting tools that can illustrate association between persons, companies, websites, email accounts, phone numbers, etc… for investigative and courtroom use.
Lecture
3 Credits
Offered in the Spring Semester