Deadline2, HW6, Annotated Bibliography

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.

Deadline 2, HW3, Annotated Bibliography

Hansen, Brian. "Cyber-Crime." CQ Researcher 12.14 (2002): 305-328. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ. 2 Sept. 2007 . <http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2002041200>.

I found this source at MCC’s CQ Researcher. This is an authoritative source because it comes from the college’s online database of articles. This article has a lot of useful information, like factual stories and some statistics on cyber-crime. I feel this would be an interesting topic because I work for an internet company, so I am surrounded in this environment forty hours a week, giving me a lot of time to spend out there on the internet and work with cyber-crime.

Mrozek, Thom. “‘PHISHER’ SENTENCED TO NEARLY SIX YEARS IN PRISON AFTER NATION’S FIRST CAN-SPAM ACT JURY TRIAL CONVICTION.” United States Department of Justice 14.6 (2007). United States Attorney’s Office, Central District, CA. 2 Sept. 2007. <http://www.cybercrime.gov/goodinSent.pdf>

This article is authoritative because it comes straight from a government source. This article has a great factual story about someone who was committing an internet crime and was caught and sentenced to prison.

Adams, Bob. "Gun Control Debate." CQ Researcher 14.40 (2004): 949-972. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ. 2 Sept. 2007 . <http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2004111200>.

I found this source at MCC’s CQ Researcher. This is an authoritative source because it comes from the college’s online database of articles. I liked this article because gun control is a heated debate and will be for a long time, and this article has a good Pro/Con on it. It lets you view both sides of the debate, whether you are against it or not.

Deadline 2, HW5, Why my topic

I am interested in my topic because it is a growing issue world-wide, and one I am involved with. I work for an internet company doing many tasks, even correlating with our fraud department because of internet crime. I can bring a lot of personal stories and get in depth on internet crime, which makes the best research. I am excited to write about this topic because of all the experience I have in this field, plus with just the fact that I find this field very interesting. I will be able to learn more about the topic with the research I conduct and also will be able to read about more stories in the field. More than half of the sales through my company are done over our website, which can accumulate a lot of fraud. We have to check where the computer is being routed from as compared to the billing address of the credit card. That is just one of the minor details we have to check through when processing fraud exams.

Deadline 2, HW4, Narrowing a Topic

I selected two topics, one being Cyber-Crime, and another being Gun Control. I selected the Cyber-Crime because I work with computers all day for a world-wide-recognized internet company. I work with our fraud department daily, while doing many other tasks for my position.

I selected Gun Control because it is such a heated debate that just keeps on going, I thought it would be both interesting and easy to find a lot of articles and such when I begin researching this topic.

I narrowed it down to the cyber crime, simply because I can relate many personal stories from work, along with all the research that there is out on the internet because this is a growing issue world-wide. I did do some brainstorming like it talks about in The Bedford Researcher and found that I would have the most information on this topic.

Deadline 2, HW 7, Deadline Reflection

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The work this week helped me achieve my court outcomes by helping me start the research for our upcoming project. I found some really good websites to help me with my project. The readings in the Bedford Researcher had some great ideas on easing one into the research process, which helped me understand a lot better. Reading and replying to my classmates' work didn't really help me achieve my court outcome except by completeing a deadline, but that's because there was only a few posts so far.

Deadline #2, HW2, Post on someone's blog

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Deadline #2, HW1, Reading Reflection

In “Everything’s an Argument”, they briefly describe many different types of arguments, like Arguments of Definition on page 24, and Arguments to Make Decisions on page 13. Arguments to Make Decisions says how tough it can be for people to make decisions, and the only way for them to figure out which way to go is to argue all the alternatives. I know I can relate with that, especially when they talked about how tough a challenge it can be to decide your major. I have probably flopped through a half dozen possibilities of majors to study, but I think I have argued it to the end and have it down, for now.

“The Bedford Researcher” covers ways to help you get your research project going. On page 6 it has a timeline chart. Basically, it is to help you manage your time better on a research project, so you don’t spend too much time on one part of the project and too little on another. You have to fill out a start and end date so you know when to move on to the next area of your project. It also covers different ways to get ideas going about whatever your topic is. Looping (page 11) I found interesting, simply because it was the only one I hadn’t heard much about, as compared to brainstorming, freewriting, or even clustering.