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Question: Typical papers will be 7 pages including a title and reference page. If a student can fit everything needed into 7 pages double-spaced that is fine. Papers will need to have a font size of 12 with either "Times New Roman" or "Arial" as the typeface/font type.

Students will need to write a paper on one of the following cyber crime topics. Students may choose either the cyber crime of "Identity Theft," "Child Pornography" or crimes where "Ransomware" was the means used to extort funds from individuals/entities by holding their data hostage. Use at least 3 scholarly sources or more for the paper. Students should have an introduction/background to explain the cyber crime they chose. Include the definitions and penalties for the state, federal and or international laws for the chosen cyber crime. The needed levels will depend on the cases the student chooses. If different than those in your state than compare the differences. Explain what you discovered. Students may also include things like the following: If the crime frequencies are higher/lower than they expected for their chosen topic. If in their opinion, the penalties are adequate or not for the crimes committed as well as if they have any practical recommendations.

Students may use reputable scholarly sources on the internet. One good one you can find relevant source material with is Google Scholar.

"Reputable" news outlets and government/law enforcement/court press releases may be used for one of the sources if the article/story directly relates to a case pertaining to your chosen topic.