Crimes informáticos: a necessidade de adequação das leis penais à era digital

• Autor(a) principal: Meirelles, Flávia Sanna Leal de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/9717
• topic: Cybercrime; Criminal Law; Technology; Direito Penal; Crimes informáticos; Tecnologia; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::DIREITO::DIREITO PUBLICO::DIREITO PENAL

This paper aims to show all elements that are involved in the concept of cybercrime. Having done that, it also intends to criticize the current brazilian legislation about this topic, as well as trying to propose a remedy to such an important issue that global society has to deal with. The task demanded an analysis about the path that was taken since the first technology was invented, during the episode knows as Industrial Revolution. Since that time, humanity cannot be functional without the technical instruments that have showed everyone how easy things can be with their help. The episode represented a very important historical landmark, from which Internet was gradually becoming more and more important to the social scenario that emerged. It didn t take too long before the world wide web assumed the protagonism in all human activities, Nowadays, it became needless to say how important is the Internet for all humankind however, it seems natural that not only good things happened due to this new social setting. If the purpose of Brazilian State is to give their population all the support needed for them to have a peaceful cohabitation, it has became pretty obvious that this protection must cover all situations, including those that take place at cyberspace.