CJ341: SOME POSSIBLE TERM-PAPER TOPICS

US or International Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of

· Abuse of Medical Information

· Abuse of Student Information

· Adult Sexual Predation through Social Networking Sites

· Botnets used for Criminal Purposes

· Child Abuse through Social Networking Sites

· Child Pornography

· Commercial Espionage

· Criminal Hacking of University Grades and Examinations

· Cyberstalking

· Cyberstalking

· Defamation by Impersonation: The Takeover of Online Identity

· Denial-of-Service Attacks

· Digital Child Pornography

· DOS and DDOS Attacks

· Fraud in Virtual Worlds

· Fraudulent Use of Unsolicited Commercial Phone Calls

· Identity Theft

· Illegal Access to US Military Networks

· Internet-Mediated Child Abuse in the USA

· Malware: Trojans, Keyloggers, and Rootkits

· Malware: Viruses & Worms

· Movie Piracy

· Music Piracy

· Online Auction Fraud

· Online Drug Trafficking

· Online Gambling

· Online Gambling Fraud

· Online Human Trafficking Rings

· Online Stock Fraud

· Pharming

· Phishing

· Phone Phreaking

· Social Engineering

· Software Piracy

· Spam

· Web Vandalism

Adult Pornography

· International Legal Perspectives

· US Legal Perspectives

Antiterrorism Surveillance: Legal and Technical Aspects

• US
• International

Background Investigations vs Privacy: The Employer’s Conundrum

Copyright Law and International Book Sales

Echelon: Government-Supported Industrial Espionage

Full Disclosure: Legal and Policy Aspects of Making System Vulnerabilities Public

Future of Downloading: Technology and Law

• Movies
• Music

Griefers in MMORPGs: Policy and Legal Proposals

Internet Addiction: Psychological and Legal Aspects

Internet Censorship

• International (non-US) perspectives
• US perspectives

Internet Gaming Addiction: Psychological and Legal Aspects

ISP Responsibility for Protecting PII

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Wireless Internet Access

Legal and Policy Aspects of the Veterans Administration Data Leaks

Legal Protection of Living Intellectual Property: Patenting Life

Legal Status of Artificial Economics in Virtual Worlds

Legal Status of P2P Networks

Lie Detectors: Controversies over Reliability and Law

• In Criminal Investigations
• In Pre-Employment Screening

Policing the Company:

• Reconciling Online Access Restrictions with Employee Rights
• Surveillance in the Workplace: Technical and Legal Dimensions
• Controlling Unauthorized Software Tools

Responding to Denial-of-Service Attacks: Technical Aspects and Civil Law Remedies

Software Piracy: DRM Cracks

The Internet as a Tool for Active Cyber-Terrorism

University Restrictions on Internet Access

US Constitutional Law

· FISA Wiretapping

· Decryption Keys and the Fourth Amendment