High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) is an international non-profit professional organization devoted to the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of crimes involving advanced technologies . Author and cybercrime expert, Christopher Brown, described HTCIA as "one of the largest and most respected" associations of its kind.
6-422: The association was formally incorporated in 1989 and "designed to encourage, promote, aid and effect the voluntary interchange of data, information, experience, ideas and knowledge about methods, processes, and techniques relating to investigations and security in advanced technologies." The association is open to law enforcement personnel, investigators, technicians or specialists and prosecuting attorneys engaged in
12-620: A book called Investigating Internet Crimes, 1st Edition: An Introduction to Solving Crimes in Cyberspace , which provides step-by-step instructions for investigating Internet crimes. Bowker has been interviewed by CrimCast and American Hero's Radio, and is a lifetime member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) , having served as International President of the organization in 2008. He has written cybercrime articles that have appeared in
18-806: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin , Federal Probation , the American Probation and Parole Association's Perspectives , and other publications. He also writes a blog called The Three C's: Computers, Crime, and Corrections . On January 14, 2013, Bowker was awarded the APPA Sam Houston State University Award. On November 22, 2013, he was awarded the Richard F. Doyle Award by the Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association (FPPOA) for his contribution to
24-596: The East (even years) and West (odd years) coasts of the United States. Art Bowker Art Bowker (born 1961 in Ohio) is an American author and cybercrime specialist in corrections (Including pretrial, probation , and parole ). His first book, The Cybercrime Handbook for Community Corrections: Managing Risk in the 21st Century , describes the process of supervising cyber-offenders. Bowker, along with Todd G. Shipley, wrote
30-512: The investigation and prosecution of criminal or civic activities in which computers and or other advanced technologies are utilized. The association is also open to security professionals whose primary duties are corporate security investigations. Average yearly membership usually exceeds 3,000. Members are located primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Asia Pacific. HTCIA members have been involved in numerous high-profile cases over
36-471: The years. One of the most notable was the BTK Killer (Dennis Lynn Rader), Numerous HTCIA members have written books on cybercrime investigations and collecting digital evidence, including, Christopher Brown, Warren G. Kruse II, Anthony Reyes, Art Bowker ., Todd G. Shipley, and D. Kall Loper. The group holds an annual International Training Conference & Expo each year. The conference has alternated between
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