Postgraduate Course: Cybercrime (LAWS11043)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Cybercrime 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. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended 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. |
Assessment Information
| The course will be assessed by means of (1) one essay of no more than 2,500 words in length for 50% of the grade, and (2) one ¿briefing paper¿, on an approved cybercrime or cyber security topic of the student¿s own choice, of no more than 2,500 words in length for 50% of the grade. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Richard Jones
Tel: (0131 6)50 2032
Email: richard.jones@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Ginny Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 4246
Email: Ginny.Spencer@ed.ac.uk |
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