| Abstrakt: |
Cyber crime poses a critical task for police force and judicial police in Jordan because the unique technical nature of this crime. The threat of cyber crimes can not be reduced unless all the members of Jordanian criminal justice system are aware about the developed and advance technology of computer and electronic devices. One decade ago, there has been an actual focus within the Jordanian criminal justice system on computer- enabled offences. This so-called "hi-crime", including internet crimes, cyber-crimes, crimes committed by electronic devices and computer-related crimes, has occupied a high attention of the Jordanian Legislators because computers have become the boon of vital activities of everyday human life and the Information Systems Crimes Law No (30) of 2010 (ISC Act, 2010) was promulgated. This paper aims to determine the effectiveness of legal mechanism in Jordan for combating cyber-crimes and computer-related crimes, law relating cyber crimes with special focus on ISC Act, 2010 and will identify the impact of cyber crimes on criminal law, and limitations of Jordanian ISC Act, 2010. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
