Challenges Encountered During Law Enforcement Investigations of Terrorist Use of Information Technology.

The late 20th and early 21st centuries have seen a phenomenal growth in society's use of information technology. Criminals, including terrorists and terrorist organizations, have also adopted information technologies. Information technologies are used to enhance the efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness of terrorist activities and offenses. Investigating terrorist use of information technologies creates a number of challenges for law enforcement officials. While some of the challenges are encountered during conventional criminal investigations, terrorist investigations also present unique challenges. Through content and typological analysis, this study examined open source information to identify, categorize and propose a model of these challenges. Four primary categories were identified: technology, methodology, legal, and administration and human resources challenges.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2005

Author dc:creator

• Morgan, Deanne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chilton, Bradley S.
• O'Connor, Brian Clark
• Fritsch, Eric J.

• Terrorists.
• Information technology.
• Criminal investigation.
• terrorism
• police
• typology
• computer-assisted crime
• national security

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Morgan, Deanne
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 62144962
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4729/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc4729

OAI identifier oai:identifier

info:ark/67531/metadc4729