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Postgraduate Course: Cybercrime (LAWS11043)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryCybercrime is becoming an increasingly important area of criminology as more social activities take place online. This course module on cybercrime will provide you with an introduction to the criminological and sociological study of crime on the internet ('cybercrime'), including its commission, motivations, patterns of occurrence, detection, policing, and prevention ('cyber security'). The course is primarily criminological, sociological and socio-legal in content and approach. You will explore different types of internet-related crime; study relevant computing and network technologies, especially where used either in the commission or detection or prevention of cybercrime; analyse policing, legal, electronic, and other measures designed to combat cybercrime and considers their main strengths and weaknesses; and assess recent sociological and socio-legal theories of cyberspace and apply these theories to the specific field of cybercrime. Other topics covered include national cyber security; cyber-warfare and cyber attack; sex offenders' use of the Internet; and the ways in which children and other potentially vulnerable users might be better protected while online.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, you should be able to identify and describe different types of internet related crime; demonstrate familiarity with basic relevant computing and network technologies, especially where used either in the commission, detection or prevention of cybercrime; analyse policing, legal, electronic, and other measures designed to combat cybercrime, and identify their main strengths and weaknesses; and locate issues encountered within the field of cybercrime within a wider criminological context.
Reading List
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Richard Jones
Tel: (0131 6)50 2032
Email: richard.jones@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Ginny Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 4246
Email: Ginny.Spencer@ed.ac.uk
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