What are the biggest problems facing the criminal justice system in the area of computer crime

Many people within private and public organizations are not aware of the dangers posed by cyber offenders to the computers that they use daily, this includes management and employees. According to Taylor (2011), it is imperative for organizations to be aware of the real threat posed by technology-related abuses and their impact on both crime and national security. For instance, the responsibility of solving this problem has been taken by the Department of Defense by ensuring that everyone is aware of these cyber crime by training all employees, civilians and contractors, military and other profession that computers and the internet are used. These training covers a lot of areas such as securing passwords, computer use, checking email (specifically identifying phishing mails), social media, and networking media.

1. Drug abuse

2. The criminal justice system and the Youths

3. High imprisonments

Explanation: Drug abuse is a major cause of computer crime as most computer crime have been linked with drug abuse.

Most of the people involved in computer crime are youths and young adults. The criminal justice system has to check better ways of managing the Youths involved.

The high level of imprisonments which continuously affects the correctional process and facilities.