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Profs delve into cyber-crime fighting resources in state: many law enforcement agencies stretched thin.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-OCT-04
Format: Online - approximately 691 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
STARKVILLE -- While technological advancements have facilitated a greater ease in business communication and convenience, they've also generated some unwanted byproducts--namely, sophisticated computer-based crimes.

And according to recent research conducted by two Mississippi State University professors, Mississippi law enforcement agencies are challenged in their ability to address the burgeoning problem given available resources and training.

At a time when rates of most crimes are decreasing, computer crimes are on the rise, and law enforcement agencies feel that they are unprepared to respond, according to Kent R. Kerley and Peter B. Wood, MSU sociology professors who have been studying white-collar crime. Recently, the...

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