What is Computer Crime, and Why Should We Care
Michael C. Gemignami · bepress Legal Repository · 1987
REPORT]; R. Kusserow, Computer Related Fraud and Abuse in Government Agencies (1983) (report ordered by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency).Donn Parker of Stanford Research Institute conducted one of the earliest surveys of computer crime.It was released in 1973 as a report, Computer Abuse, co-authored by Parker, Susan Nycum and Stephen Dura.Also, the results are summarized in D. PARKER, CRIME BY COMPUTER (1976), which describes several early instances of computer crime.2. Thackery, Computer-Related Crimes, An Outline, 25 JURIMETRICS J. 300, 316-17 (1985).In 1985, 36 states had computer crime statutes.Congress passed the "Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984" as a rider to a budget bill at the end of the 98th Congress.Pub.L. No. 98-413, § 2102(a), 98 Stat.2190 (1984).The Act amends chapter 47 of title 18 of the United States Code by adding a new section, § 1030, which specifies three rather narrowly drawn categories of computer crime.18 U.S.C.A. § 1030 (West Supp.1986).Other federal computer crime legislation is currently pending before Congress.