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- Title
PROTECTING VICTIMS OF CYBERSTALKING, CYBERHARASSMENT, AND ONLINE IMPERSONATION THROUGH PROSECUTIONS AND EFFECTIVE LAWS.
- Authors
Cox, Cassie
- Abstract
The Internet has spawned a dark side by creating new ways to commit crime. Cybercrimes increase exponentially, and current laws do not provide adequate redress. Emerging areas that have, and will, trouble the courts are cyberstalking, cyberharassment, and online impersonation. Although these crimes contain elements found in current stalking and harassing laws, they are unique offenses with distinguishing qualities. Beyond traditional stalking, cyberstalkers can use a wider range of methods, from tracking victims through social media to impersonating targeted individuals. To adequately address these crimes, lawmakers need to draft new laws specific to these offenses. Because prosecutions of cyberstalking and cyberharassment are stymied by the current statutory requirements of culpable mental state, I propose statutes and rules that individually address cyberstalking, cyberharassment, and online impersonation to improve protections for victims and accountability for offenders.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CYBERSTALKING laws; CYBERSTALKING; COMPUTER crimes; CYBERCRIMINALS; COMPUTER crime lawsuits; PROSECUTION; SOCIAL media; STATUS (Law); PREVENTION
- Publication
Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science & Technology, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 3, p277
- ISSN
0897-1277
- Publication type
Article