About the author

The editor of this Web site is Chief Judge Stein Schjolberg, Moss Tingrett, Norway. He was appointed as a Judge in 1983 and a Chief Judge in 1994. Until 1984 he was an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Oslo. He has published widely on Computer Crime legislation and Judicial Decisions Support Systems.

Judge Schjolberg is an international expert on cybercrime and one of the founders of the harmonization of national criminal law on computer crime. He organized the first global survey on computer crime legislation in cooperation with Interpol in 1981 and has published widely on computer crime and cybercrime law.

International Lectures

Cybercrime

• 2008: The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2007: The International Criminal Law Network, The Hague, The Netherlands, December 2007
• 2007: 7th International Interpol Conference on Cybercrime, New Dehli, India, September 2007
• 2007: Asia-Pacific Workshop on Frameworks for Cybersecurity, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2007
• 2007: Phishnet Conference, Berlin, Germany, June 2007
• 2007: The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2007
• 2006: Transnational Crime Symposium, Lithuania
• 2006: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cyberterrorism, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2006: The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2006: Information Security Expert Conference, Bucharest, Romania
• 2006: Council of Europe Meeting of the Cybercrime Convention Committee in Strasbourg, March 20-21
• 2005: The International Criminal Law Network, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 2005: The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, June 28 - July 1
• 2005: The 11th United Nations Crime Congress, Bangkok, April 18-25
• 2004: Council of Europe Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 15-17
• 2004: Council of Europe Conference, Sinaia, Romania, April 1-2
• 2003: The Oslo Cybercrime Workshop, Oslo, Norway, October 15
• 2003: The 13th World Congress of Criminology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10-15
• 2002: The Fifth Interpol International Conference on Computercrime, Seoul, Korea
• 1999: Conference on International Cooperation to Combat Cyber Crime and Terrorism, Stanford University, USA

Judicial Decision Support Systems

• 2001: The Seventh National Court Technology Conference (CTC7), Baltimore, USA
• 2001: Symposium on Judicial Decision Support Systems, Chicago - Kent College of Law, USA
• 1999: Presentation at the Sixth National Court Technology Conference (CTC6), Los Angeles, USA
• 1999: International Workshop, University of Oslo, Norway
• 1997: International Workshop, University of Melbourne, Australia

Committees and Scholarships

• 2007-08: Chairman of the High Level Experts Group (HLEG), ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2002-03: Chairman of the Cybercrime Committee in Norway
• 1999-01: Member of the International Think Tank on Global Court Technology, appointed by the National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia
• 1999- Member of the IT Council in the Norwegian Association for Judges
• 1996-98: Member of the IT (Information Technology) Council for Judges, The Ministry of Justice, Norway
• 1983-86: Member of the Norwegian Penal Law Council
• 1983-86: Member of an Expert Committee in OECD, Paris, on Computer Crime legislation
• 1981-82: Visiting Senior Fulbright-Hays Scholar at SRI-International, Menlo Park, California
• 1980-82: Consultant to Interpol, Paris on Computer Crime

Bibliography

• Terrorism in Cyberspace - Myth or reality?, Expert papers on Cybercrime, June 2007
• Cybercrime - Straffbare handlinger mot den alminnelige orden fred i cyberspace, Norwegian edition (2006)
• The Legal Framework – Unauthorized access to Computer Systems (April 2003)
• The Legal Framework – Unauthorized access to Computer Systems, International Integrity Institute (I-4) Conference, Oslo, Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law, University of Oslo (1996)
• Datakriminalitet og straffelovgivning – en internasjonal utvikling, Internasjonella aspekter på rettsinformatiken, s.146-155, (Ed: Andreas Galtung), Norstedts Juridikforlag, Stockholm (1991)
• Datakriminalitet, Jussens Venner 1988 s. 170-178, Oslo (1988)
• System Hackers, Nordisk Datanytt, København (1984)
  Datakriminalitet og forsikring, CompLex 7/86, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo (1986)
• EDB og kriminalitet – oversikt og kategorier, Lov og Rett 1983 s. 467-478, Oslo, (1983)
  Er det behov for ny lovgivning om EDB og kriminalitet, Lov og Rett 1983 s. 479-487, Oslo, (1983)
• Computers and Penal Legislation – A Study of the Legal Politics of a New Technology, CompLex 2/83, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, (1983)
• Computer-assisted Crime in Scandinavia, Computer/Law Journal, Volume II, No. 2, Spring 1980, p. 457-469, Oslo, (1980)
• Computer Crime in Norway, A Decade of Computers and Law p. 440-459, (Ed: Knut Selmer og Jon Bing), Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, (1980)
• Datamaskinassistert kriminalitet, Skriftserien for Jus og EDB nr 42, Universitetet i Oslo (1980)

Lectures and reports

• "Harmonizing National Legal Approaches on Cybercrime" - The International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland (2005)
• Law comes to Cyberspace - 11th United Nations Crime Congress, Bangkok (2005)
• Computer-related offences - Council of Europe Conference on the Challenge of Cybercrime, Strasbourg (2004)
• The Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention – Are we Covered?, Oslo Cybercrime Workshop, Oslo (2003)
• Cybercrime and Penal Law – Are we Covered?, XIII World Congress of Criminology, Rio de Janeiro (2003)
• Datakriminalitet, Forum Rettsinformatikk 2003, Sandefjord (2003)
• Cybercrime and Penal Law – Are we Covered?, 5th Interpol International Conference on Computer Crime, Seoul, Korea (2002)
• Cybercrime: Historiske linjer – dagens perspektiver, Seminar om Cybercrime, Oslo (2002)
• Cybercrime: Historiske linjer – dagens perspektiver, Seminar om Cybercrime, Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo (2001)
• Legal Mechanisms for International Cooperation – Protecting Privacy and other Rights, Conference on International Cooperation to Combat Cyber Crime and Terrorism, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA (1999)
• Datakriminalitet og Internet, Det alminnelige dommermøte, Lillehammer (1995)
• Computer Crime Report from Norway, The International Academy of Comparative Law, XIIIth Congress, Montreal (1990)
• The World of the Hackers Computer Crime in Scandinavia, NOCUS International Conference, Montreux, Switzerland, (1987)
• Trends in Politics on Computer-related Delinquency, The Italian High Court of Appeals, Electronic Documentation Center, Rome (1986)
• The Policing of Business Enterprises, 20th Biennale Conference of The International Bar Association, Vienna (1984)
• European Experience of Computer Exposures, TECHNOBANK 84, Geneva (1984)
• Computers and Penal Legislation, SECURIC000OM 1984, Cannes, (Ed: Sedep Paris) (1984)
• Internasjonale Erfaringer i forbindelse med EDB og kriminalitet, Seminar om EDB og kriminalitet, Hotell Scandinavia, Oslo, (1983)
• Computer Crime Developments, The First Interpol Training Seminar for Computer Crime Investigators, Paris (1981)
• Computer Crime Developments, Top Secret 1981, Monaco, (1981)
• Computer Fraud and Abuse, 3rd Interpol Symposium on International Fraud, Paris (1979)
• Innberetning til Justisdepartementet, etter en studiereise til USA (1976)