In today’s technologically savvy world the use of computers is now used for business dealings as well as personal pleasures. For some individuals, the pastimes spent on computers can become a criminal offense and will be charged and convicted as a computer crime.

Cyber crime is on the rise. That may not be a novel or new statement, but what is novel and new is the way that law enforcement, attorneys and judges are dealing with this new area of the law. Unlike the categories of the law that we’re used to, like family or bankruptcy, cyber law isn’t a body of law unto itself, but a collection of laws regulating how people behave when they use computers, networks and the Internet. It frequently also draws on both state and federal law.