STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      To describe methods in which computers are used as an investigative tool in investigations

 II.     To examine and explain how computers can be strategic tools in the forensic examination of evidence during proactive investigations

 III.    To explore the technologies of surveillance and biometrics and explain how they may be used for proactive loss prevention

 IV.     To demonstrate how to conduct searches for locations of persons, background information on individuals and background information on enterprises using the Internet

 V.      To develop a data base system for logging and retrieving information relevant to an incident investigation

 VI.     To report statistics on the rising problem of computer related fraud and identify methods of fraud commonly used on the World Wide Web

 VII.    To describe how white-collar crime, specifically, fraud, has increased through mobile computing networks

 VIII.   To explain how tracing fraud through the Internet and financial documents is accomplished to aid in resolving investigations.

 IX.     To outline the history of international terrorism give a briefing on a currently active terrorist organization

 X       To describe how businesses, governments and other entities are threatened by ¿Global Informational Warfare¿

 XI.     To explain how to safeguard computer systems

 XII.    To outline the history of domestic terrorism

 XIII.   To work in teams to give a briefing on a currently active terrorist organization.

 XIV.    To identify at least two examples of the social affects of terrorism on the United States and selected foreign countries

 XV.     To debate the potential for the suspension of constitutional guarantees given increased terrorist activities within the United States

 XVI.    To outline the elements of the crime of identity theft

 XVII.   To present a case study on the impact on the victim of identity theft and the investigative tactics used

 XVIII.  To predict what forensic applications might be like ten years in the future

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Overview of crime prevention and related technologies

 II.     Methods used in computer related investigations

 III.    Conducting Internet searches with a limited amount of information.

 IV.     Computer related fraud crime

 V.      History international and national terrorism.

 VI.     Current era of international and national terrorism

 VII.    Social affects of terrorism on the United States and selected foreign countries

 VIII.   Specialized investigation requirements relating terrorist acts to other criminal investigations

 IX.     Recent forensic advances and their specific impact on investigative methods and procedures

 X       Identity theft

 XI.     Other topics as time permits