A Peer Review of the Reality of Cybercrime Paper

In the Introduction to the Reality of Cybercrime Arce (2011) states that "The threat of cybercrime is of growing concern in our society…" (p. 1). This provides an attention-getting technique that is highly effective. The entire introduction follows suit and lays the foundation for the analysis. The reader has automatic buy-in due to the personal nature of how Arce relates the topic to the average daily consumer of digital media. For example, s/he states that "It is our responsibility as a society to prepare ourselves by taking the necessary countermeasures in order to prevent these types of attacks from occurring and unfortunately when they do occur, punish those to the fullest extent the law permits" (p. 1) the only suggested improvement for the introductory paragraph is to work on basic editing. For example, terms like 'full scale" and "law maker" need to be revised as "full-scale" and "lawmaker."

The purpose of the paper is made clear and well stated and the paper is cohesive and sticks to the purpose throughout. In the following four...

2-4). Most of the methods mentioned are aimed at catching attackers. One system, the Cyberterrorism First Responder is directed towards programmers and helps prevent future cybercrime (p.3). The body of the paper is well organized and demonstrates the writer's command of the researched material. Arce does a very good job of explaining cybercrimes that the audience is probably familiar with, but also those that the audience may not readily think of such as child exploitation, spamming and cyberstalking (p.4). The body of the paper could be improved upon in transitioning from paragraph to paragraph and through some editing for grammatical and APA formatting errors and revision sentences using passive voice.
The conclusion adds to the topic by restating the writer's purpose and by arguing in favor of systems for fighting cybercrime. No suggestions for improvement of the conclusion. It is impressive and…