Prevention of computer crime amidst international anarchy.

I. INTRODUCTION

In confronting the rising phenomenon of computer crime, strategies that focus solely on increasing the effectiveness of prosecution will inevitably fail. A legal framework that relies on uniform global substantive law in conjunction with increased international coordination among law enforcement organizations across the globe to battle computer crime is fatally flawed. The nature of computer crime makes the task of building international consensus and coordinating enforcement too difficult an obstacle to overcome to effectively combat the problem. Due to the international community's inevitable inability to adequately handle the problem, we must look elsewhere for an effective solution. This ...