LEGAL APPROACH TO COMPUTERS IN CYBERCRIME ENFORCEMENT IN A CHANGING WORLD

Abstract

The dynamic nature of the world and the emergence of technological improvements in computers have paved the way for variety of devices with varying degrees of sophistication and complexity. Consequently, in determining the prosecution and guilt of cybercrime and computer related crime perpetrators in juxtaposition to the devices used in carrying out their acts, raises legal quagmire as to what should be regarded as "computers" or "computer systems". In this respect, an international instrument can play an important role in facilitating a global harmonization of what "computers" or "computer systems" are; domestic cyber policies and laws should conform to changing tides by constantly undergoing legislative amendments and judicial personnel ought to take judicial notice of modern technological advancement, must not shut her eyes to the mysteries of computers.