1st Edition
Technocrime Technology, Crime and Social Control
Edited By Stéphane Leman-Langlois
Copyright 2008
288 Pages
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286 Pages
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288 Pages
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This book is concerned with the concept of 'technocrime'. The term encompasses crimes committed on or with computers - the standard definition of cybercrime - but it goes well beyond this to convey the idea that technology enables an entirely new way of committing, combating and thinking about criminality, criminals, police, courts, victims and citizens. Technology offers, for example, not only... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction: technocrime, Stéphane Leman-Langlois (University of Montreal) 2. Crime and lawfulness in the age of the all-seeing techno-humanity, David Brin (formerly of the California Space Institute) 3. The local impact of police videosurveillance on the social construction of security, Stéphane Leman-Langlois (University of Montreal) 4. Cyberwars and cybercrime, Benoît Gagnon (University of Montreal) 5. Policing through nodes, clusters and bandwidth, Johnny Nhan (University of California, Irvine) and Laura Huey (Concordia University, Montreal) 6. Second Life and governing deviance in virtual worlds, Jennifer Whitson (Carleton University, Ottawa) and Aaron Doyle (Carleton University, Ottawa) 7. Privacy as currency: crime, information and control in cyberspace, Stéphane Leman-Langlois (University of Montreal) 8. Information technology in criminal intelligence a comparative perspective, Frédéric Lemieux (University of Montreal) 9. Scientific policing and criminal investigation, Jean-Paul Brodeur (University of Montreal) 10. Sorting systems: identification by database, David Lyon (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario) 11. A view of surveillance, Peter K. Manning (Northeastern University, Boston) 12. Afterword: technopolice, Stéphane Leman-Langlois (University of Montreal)
Biography
Stéphane Leman-Langlois
