Jared Zucker
Eng 102 – 7891
10-11-2007
WP#2 Draft
My topic I am researching is identity theft, mainly focusing on the internet. It will go over what the government can do to stop internet crime, like identity theft. Some of the controversy comes into play because some do not want the government involved on the internet at all. Others, think the government needs to step in more and have more rules and regulations when it comes to the internet. This causes a big problem and becomes very controversial. Below are some of my sources I have been gathering for my research.
“Annual Reports.”
<http://www.ic3.gov/media/annualreports.aspx>
This website has statistics about internet crime right from the FBI, one of the best sources you can get it from. Not only does it give you stats from years ago, but also current statistics which is sometimes hard to find. This will be a great asset when writing my paper because I will have some major statistics as part of my research.
Salkever, Alex. "A Key Weapon to Thwart Cybercrime." Business Week Online (2003). Military & Government. EBSCOhost.
Keyword: internet crime. This is a great website because it has brief stories about the FBI tracking down and fighting internet crime. This helps because I can see what the government already does to protect against internet crime, to think of better ideas on how to fight against it.
Desai, Jenny. "Tricksters Populate Our Internet Landscape." Science & Spirit 18.1 (2007): 65. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO.
Keyword: internet crime. This is a short article that talks about different scammers and people who were victims of identity fraud. This will help with my research paper because it offers different views and will maybe serve as a testimonial.
Davis, Todd, Jim Greener, and Chini Krishnan. "Identity Theft Protection." Lifelock. 2006. National Crime Prevention Council. 20 Sept. 2007
Clemmitt, Marcia. "Controlling the Internet." CQ Researcher 16.18 (2006): 409-432. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College Library,
This article was found using the CQ Researcher, which is a resource from the MCC Online Library. This article is dedicated to whether we can control the internet, going into the political aspect of it. This is important since I will be writing about internet crime and what our government can do to help.
Katel, Peter. "Identity Theft." CQ Researcher 15.22 (2005): 517-540. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College Library,
I found this article from CQ Researcher, which is an online resource provided by the MCC Library. This article goes over identity theft, including some statistics and also by providing commentary on what the government can do. This is vital to my research project because it is exactly what I am writing about. How the U.S. Government can help fight internet crime.
Tynan, Dan. “THE INTERNET IS Sick…BUT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.” Popular Science (2006): 82-88. EBSCOhost Research Databases.
This article was found through the MCC Online Library, as one of our other online databases. This article contains MANY statistics on many different internet crimes, not all related to identity theft. It goes over how to help protect yourself and also why the criminals do what they do in the first place.
Clark, Charles S. "Regulating the Internet." CQ Researcher 5.24 (1995): 561-584. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College Library,
This article was also found from the CQ Researcher within the MCC Online Library. This article talks about how if we as people can really regulate the internet. The really good thing about this article is it is a little old (1995) so I can compare what we thought then and we have done to solve those situations, to what issues we have now and what we are doing to solve them.
Identity theft and consumer health education: a case study teaching the skill of decision making.(Teaching Technique).Journal of School Health 77.7 (Sept 2007): p373(6).
This journal has some great statistics and goes over a lot of detail pertaining to identity theft. It explains the urgency to report to the police department when you have been a victim, and also a nice statistic on how many actually do not report it. This was found using MCC’s online library so it is very creditable.
Identity theft: protect yourself.(OTHER WISE).Techniques 82.6 (Sept 2007): p60(1).
<http://find.galegroup.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/itx/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28KE%2CNone%2C14%29identity+theft%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T002&prodId=ITOF&searchId=R1¤tPosition=4&userGroupName=mcc_mesa&docId=A169162510&docType=IAC>
A great journal with a first hand experience with identity theft. It also has some statistics talking about credit reporting companies and how identity theft affects it. This is also a great source and creditable because it was found using MCC’s online library.
Mann, Joseph. "Internet Use Increases the Risk of Identity Theft." At Issue: Does the Internet Increase the Risk of Crime?. Ed. Lisa Yount. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Mesa Community College. 1 Oct. 2007 &contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010367209&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=mcc_mesa&version=1.0>.
This article is really perfect. It contains first hand experiences with identity theft, the various types of identity theft like inside jobs, or even identity theft caused from ecommerce. It has statistics and mentions many different companies and people’s names, giving it a lot of creditability.
Wall, David. Crime and the Internet. Routledge, 2001. Crime and the Internet. 27 Sept. 2007 <http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/lib/mesa/Top?channelName=mesa&cpage=1&f00=text&frm=smp.x&hitsPerPage=10&id=5004260&layout=document&p00=internet+crime&sch=%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0Search%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0&sortBy=score&sortOrder=desc>.
This book seems like a great source because it goes into detail about the internet and the crime that is going on, on the internet. It is from a creditable source, it is the ebrary which is a source Mesa Community College connects you to.
Wang, Wallace. Steal This Computer Book 4.0 : What They Won'T Tell You About the Internet. No Starch P, Incorporated, 2006. 4.0 : What They Won'T Tell You About the Internet. 27 Sept. 2007 <http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/lib/mesa/Top?channelName=mesa&cpage=1&docID=10124798&f00=text&frm=smp.x&hitsPerPage=10&layout=document&p00=internet+crime&sch=%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0Search%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0&sortBy=score&sortOrder=desc>. This book is great because it goes into detail about different hacking techniques and how to do it. This is good because to understand how to fight internet crime you need to know how it is done first.
Collins, Judith M. Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business : How to Protect Your Business, Customers, and Employees. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2005. 27 Sept. 2007 <http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/lib/mesa/Top?channelName=mesa&cpage=1&docID=10114184&f00=text&frm=smp.x&hitsPerPage=10&layout=document&p00=identity+theft&sch=%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0Search%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0&sortBy=score&sortOrder=desc>. This book is about preventing identity theft in your business. This will be a great resource when writing my final paper because I can see what is being done just by business's to help prevent this. It will give me fresh ideas when brainstorming about different ways the government will be able to contribute in the fight against identity theft.
NCL’s National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch. National Consumers League. 2007. National Consumers League. 3 Sept. 2007 <http://www.fraud.org>
I found this using the Google Web Directory. You can tell this site is pretty much legit because for one they have a number you can call with questions and even powered by the National Consumers League. This is a great site because it contains a lot of statistics on internet fraud which helps a lot with research.
FBI – Cybercrime. FBI. 2007. U.S. Federal Government. 3 Sept. 2007 <http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/cyberhome.htm>
I found this using the regular Google search engine. This site is authoritative because it is on fbi.gov. This is a great website because it has different areas in which they help fight internet crime. It also contains stories of investigations they’ve done and people they have caught that have commit a cyber crime.
I realized with doing some of the research that the government is stepping in on identity theft. They are coming out with regulations to help websites become more secure, and also more noticeable as being secure so you know which websites are good and which are not. Also by doing this research, I found a company who actually specializes in keeping you from being a victim of identity theft. I did not know they had companies like that and so it will be very interesting to research them some more.
3 comments:
Your bibliography is written very well. Your introductory paragraph is really clear about the controversy, and the pros and cons of identity theft. You also stated the side of the issue you are on, which is what a lot of people are skipping. Good job. Looks like you have several great sources that will be a big help while writing your research paper.
I liked how easy it was to follow your intro and conclusion paragraphs and spelled everything right out. I have found it hard to strongly claim which side of the issue i am rooting for but it seems you are doing fine. Looks good.
Something you might consider looking into which seems to be a pretty heated issue right now is illegal immigrants using identity theft to get jobs in the U.S.
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