Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2004

Publication Source

Journal of Science & Technology Law

Abstract

Cybercrime creates unique challenges for the reactive model of crime control that has been predominant for approximately the last century and a half. That model makes certain assumptions about crime, which derive from characteristics of real-world crime. These assumptions do not hold for cybercrime, so the reactive model is not an appropriate means of dealing with online crime. The article explains how modified principles of criminal law can be utilized to implement a new, non-reactive model which can deal effectively with cybercrime. This model of distributed security emphasizes prevention, rather than reaction, which is achieved by holding citizens liable for their failure to prevent cybercrime.

ISBN/ISSN

1548-520X

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

This document, the author's accepted manuscript, has been made available for download in accordance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving.

Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher

Boston University School of Law

Volume

10

Issue

2

Place of Publication

Boston, MA

Peer Reviewed

yes

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