NCJ Number
127840
Date Published
1990
Length
114 pages
Annotation
The European Committee on Crime Problems studied computer-related crime from 1985 to 1989 and issued guidelines for national legislatures in its report and recommendations that were approved by the Council of Europe in 1989.
Abstract
The committee gathered information through a questionnaire survey and review of a previous report on computer crime and possible responses. The report analyzed the nature and forms of computer-related crime and the appropriate preventive measures and law enforcement responses. It defined basic crimes as computer-related fraud, computer forgery, damage to computer data or programs, computer sabotage, unauthorized access, unauthorized interception, and unauthorized reproduction of a protected computer program or data. It also listed possible additional offenses. Further topics included evidence collection in computerized settings, the admissibility of computer-generated evidence, international issues in computer crime, and the applicability of European conventions on penal law to computer-related crime. Appended guidelines for national legislature, list of committee members, and 126 references