Homeland Security & Cyber & White Collar Crime : Lesson 14

Lesson 14 will go over many concepts including Homeland Security, Cyber Crime and White Collar Crime. In regards to Homeland Security, the students will learn the concept of jihad as practiced by al Qaeda, important international terrorism trends, and why the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) is important in regard to terrorists. They will also learn the primary goals of an intelligence agency versus a strictly law enforcement agency, how “preventive policing” has been used to combat terrorism, how the Patriot Act has made it easier to conduct terrorism investigations. Students will also understand how unregulated borders are a security concern and the differences between a green card and a temporary visa. In dealing with Cyber Crime, students will distinguish cyber crime from other forms, they will be able to define “botnets”, “worms” and “viruses”, how the internet has made the piracy of intellectual property easier and also why it is conducive to the distribution of child pornography. And finally, with White Collar crime they will learn how it is different from violent or property crime as well as about corporate violence.