Crime & Justice in America

International terrorism is only a portion of the terrorism variable that our country must face in today's era. Our society has seen many more domestic terror incidents in recent years. There have been over fifty-two domestic terror attacks in the past 12 years. The problem with combating domestic terrorism is that much like international terrorism, domestic terrorism is very difficult to detect prior to the outcome. It is very hard to decipher what constitutes as domestic terrorism now days. Would it be safe to say that the recent Washington, D.C. sniper shootings were a form of terror? The majority of our population would agree to that. The most acclaimed of the recent domestic terror incidents would probably be the 1996 Olympics bombing or the Oklahoma City bombing. Regardless of what or how domestic terrorism is classified it has clearly presented itself as a threat to be reckoned with. Since the boom of computer technology in the last fifteen years our society as been exposed to another form of terrorism that has no prejudice or preference, it is called Cyber-Terrorism. It may not have staggering death toll numbers, but one is just simply too many. Cyber-terrorism is defined as the use of computing resources to intimidate or coerce others. An example of cyber-terrorism could be hacking into a hospital computer system and changing someone's medicine prescription to a lethal dosage as an act of revenge. This may sound outrageous; however, it has happened and will continue to happen and it would be safe to assume that no one wants to be a victim of Cyber-terrorism.