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Challenges Encountered During Law Enforcement Investigations of Terrorist Use of Information Technology.

The late 20th and early 21st centuries have seen a phenomenal growth in society's use of information technology. Criminals, including terrorists and terrorist organizations, have also adopted information technologies. Information technologies are used to enhance the efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness of terrorist activities and offenses. Investigating terrorist use of information technologies creates a number of challenges for law enforcement officials. While some of the challenges are encountered during conventional criminal investigations, terrorist investigations also present unique challenges. Through content and typological analysis, this study examined open source information to identify, categorize and propose a model of these challenges. Four primary categories were identified: technology, methodology, legal, and administration and human resources challenges.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4729
Date05 1900
CreatorsMorgan, Deanne
ContributorsChilton, Bradley S., O'Connor, Brian Clark, Fritsch, Eric J.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsUse restricted to UNT Community, Copyright, Morgan, Deanne, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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