urriculum. Textbooks on computer literacy rarely mention computer abuses and individualresponsibilities. Educators and software developers have worked together to prevent softwarepiracy in educational institutions. In 1987, the Software Copyright Committee of the InternationalCouncil for Computers in Education (ICCE) developed a policy to guide educators. The policy call on school districts to teach staff the provisions of the copyright lawand both staff and students the ethical and practical implications of software piracy. This policy has been adopted by many school districts across the country. In recognition of the problems arising with the illegal and unethical use of computers,criminal justice forces have begun to crack down on computer criminals. In 1989, three computercrime studies were sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. One of these studies examined different organizational approaches for computer crime investigation and prosecution,another documented the experiences of several dedicated computer crime units, and the thirddeveloped a computer crime investigation handbook. (Biemiller) Computers are a permanent fact of life in work places and classrooms across the country.More businesses are likely to incorporate policies on information access and confidentiality in theiremployee orientation and training programs. Many schools and universities, responding frompressure around them, are beginning to incorporate computer ethics into their courses. For the criminal justice community, computer crime, which poses special challenges indetection and prosecution will require more and more attention. In order to prevent computercrimes in the future, criminal and juvenile justice agencies must look for ways to help parents,teachers, and employers educate the computer-using community to the importance of ethical computer behavior....
