D16, WP2 Revisions

Jared Zucker

Mr. Devon Adams

English 102 - 7891

10/25/2007 Change date to proper MLA, 6 Dec. 2007

I need to add a couple more sentences to each annotated bib. All the citations were done properly, I just did not write enough about each source.

WP#2 Final – Annotated Bibliography

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, specifically identity theft. Some of the controversy comes into play because some do not want the government involved in the privacy settings of 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.” Internet Crime Complaint Center. 2007. IC3. 20 Sept. 2007

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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 statistics from previous years, but also current statistics which are 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.

Clark, Charles S. "Regulating the Internet." CQ Researcher 5.24 (1995): 561-584. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College Library, Mesa, AZ. 13 Sept. 2007 .

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.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Controlling the Internet." CQ Researcher 16.18 (2006): 409-432. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College Library, Mesa, AZ. 13 Sept. 2007 .

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.

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 .

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 businesses 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.

Davis, Todd, Jim Greener, and Chini Krishnan. "Identity Theft Protection." Lifelock. 2006. National Crime Prevention Council. 20 Sept. 2007 .

This is the website of a company who specializes in protecting your identity. They even have a commercial of Todd Davis, a CEO giving everybody his Social Security number, not worried about identity theft because his company’s system works. It is good to get a point of view from this side and find a company who is trying to help prevent Internet crimes, making the government’s job a little easier.

Desai, Jenny. "Tricksters Populate Our Internet Landscape." Science & Spirit 18.1 (2007): 65. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Mesa Community College, Mesa. 20 Sept. 2007.

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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 that may be used as testimonials.

FBI – Cybercrime. FBI. 2007. U.S. Federal Government. 3 Sept. 2007 .

I found this using the regular Google search engine. This site is authoritative because it is on fbi.gov, which means it is a source funded and ran by the United States Government. 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 committed a cyber crime. I will be able to use this source for facts about criminals pertaining to Internet crimes.

"Internet Censorship Debate and Poll." YouDebate.com. 20 Oct 2007

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Although this source seems shady because it has a lack of author’s name and even a lack of publication for it, it can still be a valuable source.  It has a few pros and a few cons dealing with government interference and the internet.  Sometimes when you lean towards one way a lot more, it is hard to think of any pros to having the government control the Internet.  This source helps bring a few of those reasons to mind.

Katel, Peter. "Identity Theft." CQ Researcher 15.22 (2005): 517-540. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College Library, Mesa, AZ. 13 Sept. 2007 .

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.

NCL’s National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch. National Consumers League. 2007. National Consumers League. 3 Sept. 2007 .

I found this using the Google Web Directory. You can tell this site is pretty much legitimate because for one they have a number listed on their home page that you can call with questions. They are also 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. I will be able to use this for evidence to support my claims to show how bad of a crime identity theft really is.

Salkever, Alex. "A Key Weapon to Thwart Cybercrime." Business Week Online (2003). Military & Government. EBSCOhost. Mesa Community College, Mesa. 20 Sept. 2007.

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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. Using these recent stories, I can think of better ideas on how to fight against Internet crime.

Tynan, Dan. “THE INTERNET IS Sick…BUT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.” Popular Science (2006): 82-88. EBSCOhost Research Databases. Mesa Community College Library, Mesa, AZ. 13 Sept. 2007 .

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.

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.