SECTION 1
3. List and briefly define any two types of cybertheft.
● Computer fraud - can involve theft of information through hacking which is
then sold for profit.
● Phishing and Identity theft - is when you get an email that looks like it's
from your bank or credit card company with a link that tries to collect your
information allowing identity theft to use that information.
SECTION 2
19. Outline the financial damages caused by cybercrime, as described in the
lecture.
Cybercrime causes a lot of financial damages: criminal copyright infringement
can cost a quarter million dollars, viruses such as the Melisa virus which costed
$80 million dollars in 1999, loss of penny stock prices in China in 2009 due to
Alan Ralsky sending too much spam which he made $3 million dollars. Software
companies lose about $29 billion dollars due 36%of installed software are pirated.
Credit card fraud has increased to about $1.6 billion in 200 to more than $15
billion dollars today. Security breaches average about $200,000 per loss. Phishing
and identity theft account for close to a billion dollars of losses per year.
SECTION 3
21. What is the most important thing you learned from this lecture?
The most important thing I learned from this lecture is that cybercrime is a real
challenge that is also really hard to control and trace because anybody from
around the world can damage a network from a different country without leaving
their room.
1. What do you think the main points of this lecture were, and why?
The main points of this lecture was to discuss how transnational organized gangs
operate through technology and how technology allows them to operate with
each otherworld without putting themselves at a physical risk like street gangs
do.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from this lecture, and why was
it important?
The most important thing I learned from this lecture was learning about all the
gangs that are found in the different parts of the continents including Asia,
,Europe, North America, South America, and so forth. I had no idea of its
existence, especially the ones in Japan and China; we just heard about them.
3. What was the most difficult thing you learned from this lecture, and why was it
difficult?
There was nothing difficult in this lecture. Everything was educational and
straightforward, and I learned how these different gangs use technology to their
criminal advantage.
1. What do you think the main points of this lecture were, and why?
The main points of this lecture were to discuss cybercrime, which are crimes
committed through technology. The lecture discussed ideas such as computer
fraud, espionage through the internet, internet markets, copyrights,
cybervandalism, and so forth.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from this lecture, and why was
it important?
The most important thing I learned from this lecture is cybervandalism, which
involves targeting computers and networks to seek revenge for a perceived
crime. This was important because I had no idea about it. Something that stood
out to me is how costly it can be to recover and fix these viruses and networks.
3. What was the most difficult thing you learned from this lecture, and why was it
difficult?
The most difficult thing I learned from this lecture was cyberwarfare because it
just sounds complicated in terms of fixing, especially when it comes to
cyberspace, as there are no laws yet.
SECTION 1
2. List Currie’s main points about market society and violent crime.
● Destroys livelihood
● Inequality and material deprivation
● Being set up to fail
● Weakens social safety net
● Erodes informal social support
● Normative pressure to succeed against impossible odds
● Technologies of violence more common
● Weakens alternative political values/institutions
SECTION 2
, 5. Outline the main points of Quinney’s theory of crime as an effect of oppression.
Quinney’s theory of crime outlines the main points that crime occurs as a result
of oppression, where there is an increased dominance of the capitalist class and
the need to resist and accommodate the working class. He argues that crime is a
result of oppression and inescapable conditions, which makes those who cannot
participate in capital commit criminal behavior to provide for themselves. In other
words, Quinney argues that his theory is between the elite and the lower class
fighting each other, and that American society will not change until capitalism is
removed.
SECTION 3
9. What is the most important thing you learned from this lecture?
The main points I have learned in this lecture are the overall inequality and power
struggle between the rich and poor, and the challenges of a capitalistic society. I
learned that capitalism has brought a huge wealth gap and many criminal
activities, as we see in the United States. This is where the few or elite control the
rest of the classes, which creates oppression for both the poor and the rich.
SECTION 1
5. List the best conditions for learning criminality, according to Sutherland.
● Early exposure to definitions
● Frequent exposure to definitions
● Repeated exposure to definitions
● Unfavorable definitions from respected sources
SECTION 2
13. Explain why Hirschi’s control theory was a major shift in criminological
thought.
Hirschi’s control theory was a major shift in criminological thought because he
demanded that crime be looked at as what makes people from committing crime
instead of what makes people commit crime. Previous criminology focused on
understanding how people commit crimes, but Hirschi wanted to focus on
conformity and non-delinquency aspects. He wanted criminology to focus on the
reason why people do not commit crimes as a basis to understand criminal
behavior.
SECTION 3
3. List and briefly define any two types of cybertheft.
● Computer fraud - can involve theft of information through hacking which is
then sold for profit.
● Phishing and Identity theft - is when you get an email that looks like it's
from your bank or credit card company with a link that tries to collect your
information allowing identity theft to use that information.
SECTION 2
19. Outline the financial damages caused by cybercrime, as described in the
lecture.
Cybercrime causes a lot of financial damages: criminal copyright infringement
can cost a quarter million dollars, viruses such as the Melisa virus which costed
$80 million dollars in 1999, loss of penny stock prices in China in 2009 due to
Alan Ralsky sending too much spam which he made $3 million dollars. Software
companies lose about $29 billion dollars due 36%of installed software are pirated.
Credit card fraud has increased to about $1.6 billion in 200 to more than $15
billion dollars today. Security breaches average about $200,000 per loss. Phishing
and identity theft account for close to a billion dollars of losses per year.
SECTION 3
21. What is the most important thing you learned from this lecture?
The most important thing I learned from this lecture is that cybercrime is a real
challenge that is also really hard to control and trace because anybody from
around the world can damage a network from a different country without leaving
their room.
1. What do you think the main points of this lecture were, and why?
The main points of this lecture was to discuss how transnational organized gangs
operate through technology and how technology allows them to operate with
each otherworld without putting themselves at a physical risk like street gangs
do.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from this lecture, and why was
it important?
The most important thing I learned from this lecture was learning about all the
gangs that are found in the different parts of the continents including Asia,
,Europe, North America, South America, and so forth. I had no idea of its
existence, especially the ones in Japan and China; we just heard about them.
3. What was the most difficult thing you learned from this lecture, and why was it
difficult?
There was nothing difficult in this lecture. Everything was educational and
straightforward, and I learned how these different gangs use technology to their
criminal advantage.
1. What do you think the main points of this lecture were, and why?
The main points of this lecture were to discuss cybercrime, which are crimes
committed through technology. The lecture discussed ideas such as computer
fraud, espionage through the internet, internet markets, copyrights,
cybervandalism, and so forth.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from this lecture, and why was
it important?
The most important thing I learned from this lecture is cybervandalism, which
involves targeting computers and networks to seek revenge for a perceived
crime. This was important because I had no idea about it. Something that stood
out to me is how costly it can be to recover and fix these viruses and networks.
3. What was the most difficult thing you learned from this lecture, and why was it
difficult?
The most difficult thing I learned from this lecture was cyberwarfare because it
just sounds complicated in terms of fixing, especially when it comes to
cyberspace, as there are no laws yet.
SECTION 1
2. List Currie’s main points about market society and violent crime.
● Destroys livelihood
● Inequality and material deprivation
● Being set up to fail
● Weakens social safety net
● Erodes informal social support
● Normative pressure to succeed against impossible odds
● Technologies of violence more common
● Weakens alternative political values/institutions
SECTION 2
, 5. Outline the main points of Quinney’s theory of crime as an effect of oppression.
Quinney’s theory of crime outlines the main points that crime occurs as a result
of oppression, where there is an increased dominance of the capitalist class and
the need to resist and accommodate the working class. He argues that crime is a
result of oppression and inescapable conditions, which makes those who cannot
participate in capital commit criminal behavior to provide for themselves. In other
words, Quinney argues that his theory is between the elite and the lower class
fighting each other, and that American society will not change until capitalism is
removed.
SECTION 3
9. What is the most important thing you learned from this lecture?
The main points I have learned in this lecture are the overall inequality and power
struggle between the rich and poor, and the challenges of a capitalistic society. I
learned that capitalism has brought a huge wealth gap and many criminal
activities, as we see in the United States. This is where the few or elite control the
rest of the classes, which creates oppression for both the poor and the rich.
SECTION 1
5. List the best conditions for learning criminality, according to Sutherland.
● Early exposure to definitions
● Frequent exposure to definitions
● Repeated exposure to definitions
● Unfavorable definitions from respected sources
SECTION 2
13. Explain why Hirschi’s control theory was a major shift in criminological
thought.
Hirschi’s control theory was a major shift in criminological thought because he
demanded that crime be looked at as what makes people from committing crime
instead of what makes people commit crime. Previous criminology focused on
understanding how people commit crimes, but Hirschi wanted to focus on
conformity and non-delinquency aspects. He wanted criminology to focus on the
reason why people do not commit crimes as a basis to understand criminal
behavior.
SECTION 3
