Art Bowker
{{short description|American author profiler (born 1961)}}
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Art Bowker (born 1961 in Ohio) is an American author and cybercrime specialist in corrections (Including pretrial, probation, and parole).Masters, Greg,"Severe Fine Imposed for Sharing 24 Music Files",
SC Magazine, September 17, 2012, http://www.scmagazine.com/severe-fine-imposed-for-sharing-24-music-files/article/259390/Sweeney, Emily,"Probation 2.0: How Technology is Changing Probation Work",
Boston Globe, November 28, 2012,http://www.boston.com/yourtown/2012/11/29/probation-how-technology-changing-probation-work-probation-officers-tap-social-media/Y5rpa12H1LOWQ7No6v211K/story.html His first book, The Cybercrime Handbook for Community Corrections: Managing Risk in the 21st Century,{{cite book |last=Bowker |first=Art |year=2012 |title=The Cybercrime Handbook for Community Corrections: Managing Risk in the 21st Century |location=Springfield |publisher=Thomas |isbn=9780398087289 |url=http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398087289 |access-date=2012-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094342/http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398087289 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }} describes the process of supervising cyber-offenders. Bowker, along with Todd G. Shipley, wrote a book called Investigating Internet Crimes, 1st Edition: An Introduction to Solving Crimes in Cyberspace,{{cite book|last=Shipley|first=Todd|year=2013|title=Investigating Internet Crimes, 1st Edition: An Introduction to Solving Crimes in Cyberspace |location= Waltham|publisher=Elsevier/Syngress|isbn=9780124078178|url=https://www.elsevier.com/books/investigating-internet-crimes/unknown/978-0-12-407817-8}} which provides step-by-step instructions for investigating Internet crimes.
Career
Bowker has been interviewed by CrimCast{{cite web|url=http://crimcast.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/art-bowkers-the-cybercrime-handbook-for-community-corrections-managing-offender-risk-in-the-21st-century/ |title=Art Bowker's the Cybercrime Handbook for Community Corrections: Managing Offender Risk in the 21st Century | Crimcast |accessdate=2012-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104155548/http://crimcast.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/art-bowkers-the-cybercrime-handbook-for-community-corrections-managing-offender-risk-in-the-21st-century/ |archivedate=2014-01-04 }} and American Hero's Radio,{{Cite web|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lawenforcement/2012/05/24/cybercrime-managing-offender-risk-in-the-21st-century|title=Cybercrime: Managing Offender Risk in the 21st Century}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lawenforcement/2013/12/28/introduction-to-solving-crime-in-cyberspace|title = Introduction to Solving Crime in Cyberspace}} and is a lifetime member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), having served as International President of the organization in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.htcia.org/contactus.shtml |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703073031/http://www.htcia.org/contactus.shtml |archivedate=2012-07-03 }}http://www.htcia.org/pdfs/artbowker.pdf{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://computerpo.com |title=Home - Computer PO: Helping Probation and Parole Manage Computer & Internet Risk |accessdate=2012-08-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515111116/http://www.computerpo.com/ |archivedate=2013-05-15 }}
He has written cybercrime articles that have appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The Advent of the Computer Delinquent, The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Dec 2000, {{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/2000-pdfs/dec00leb.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929192844/http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/2000-pdfs/dec00leb.pdf |archivedate=2013-09-29 }}The Cybersex Offender and Children, (co-author, Michael Gray), The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 2005, {{cite web
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http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/july-2010/sexting
Federal Probation,An Introduction to the Supervision of the Cybersex Offender, (co-author, Michael Gray) Federal Probation, December 2004,http://www.uscourts.gov/viewer.aspx?doc=/uscourts/FederalCourts/PPS/Fedprob/2004-12/index.htmlComputer Crime in the 21st Century and Its Effect on the Probation Officer (co-author, Gregory Thompson), Federal Probation, September 2001,http://www.uscourts.gov/viewer.aspx?doc=/uscourts/FederalCourts/PPS/Fedprob/2001septfp.pdf
the American Probation and Parole Association's Perspectives,"Managing the Risks Posed by Offender Computer Use", Perspectives, December 2011,http://appaweb.csg.org/Perspectives/Perspectives_V35_N4_P40.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105202421/http://appaweb.csg.org/Perspectives/Perspectives_V35_N4_P40.pdf# |date=2013-11-05 }}A Victim-Centered Approach to Supervising Internet Harassment Offenders, Perspectives, Special Victim Issue, http://www.appa-net.org/eweb/docs/appa/pubs/Perspectives_2012_Spotlight.pdf and other publications.How to Impose Technological Restraints on Criminal Offenders, Law Technology News, July 31, 2012, http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202564975181&How_to_Impose_Technological_Restraints_on_Criminal_Offenders&slreturn=20120702153615Can deploying monitoring software put you in jeopardy?,SC Magazine, February 22, 2011, http://www.scmagazine.com/can-deploying-monitoring-software-put-you-in-jeopardy/article/196789/ He also writes a blog called The Three C's: Computers, Crime, and Corrections.The Three C's: Computers, Crime, and Corrections http://corrections.com/cybercrime
On January 14, 2013, Bowker was awarded the APPA Sam Houston State University Award.APPA Awards Winter 2012, http://www.appa-net.org/eweb/docs/APPA/awards/APPA_Awards_Winners_2012.pdf
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 the Federal Probation & Pretrial Services System. Bowker also received the Thomas E. Gahl, Line Officer of the Year Award (Great Lakes Region Award), which is named in honor of the only U.S. Probation Officer killed in the line of duty.Corrections.com Regular Contributor Nationally Recognized http://www.corrections.com/articles/34603
On August 30, 2016, he was recognized by the High Technology Crime Investigation Association with the HTCIA Lifetime Achievement Award for his participation as its chapter or international officer.PRESS RELEASE-2016 HTCIA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD http://htciaconference.org/2016/08/19/2016-htcia-lifetime-achievement-award {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901155425/http://htciaconference.org/2016/08/19/2016-htcia-lifetime-achievement-award/# |date=2016-09-01 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.corrections.com/cybercrime/ The Three C's (Computers, Crime, and Corrections) Blog]
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