236 Pages
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Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Is the internet really powerful enough to allow a sixteen year old to become the biggest threat to world peace since Adolf Hitler? Are we all now susceptible to cyber-criminals who can steal from us without even having to leave the comfort of their own armchairs? These are fears which have been articulated since the popular development of the internet, yet criminologists have been slow to respond... Read more
1. Introduction: Crime and the Internet 2. Crime Futures: The challenge of crime in the information age 3. Telecommunication Fraud in the Digital Age: The converging of technologies 4. Between the Risk and the Reality Falls the Shadow: Evidence and urban legends in computer fraud 5. Hacktivism: In search of lost ethics? 6. Last of the Rainmacs? Thinking about pornography in cyberspace 7. Criminalising Online Speech to 'Protect' the Young: What are the benefits and costs? 8. Controlling Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet 9. Cyber-stalking: Tackling harassment in the internet 10. The Language of Cybercrime 11. Maintaining Order and Law on the Internet 12. Policing Hi-tech Crime in the Global Context: The role of trans-national policy networks 13. The Criminal Courts On-line
Biography
Wall, David
