Cybercrime in the Pandemic Digital Age and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9783031291067 / Angielski

Russell G. Smith; Rick Sarre; Lennon Yao-Chung Chang

Opis

This edited collection presents current research dealing with crime involving information and communications technologies in the months immediately before, during and following the coronavirus pandemic since 2019. Information and communications technologies played a pivotal role during the pandemic in communicating information across the globe on the risks and responses to the pandemic but also in providing opportunities for various forms of illegality. This volume describes the nature and extent of such illegality, its connection to the pandemic and how digital technologies can assist in solving not only the health crisis but also the associated crime problems. The contributors are established academic scholars and policy practitioners in the fields of cybercrime and computer forensics. This book provides a ready source of content including technological solutions to cybercrime, legal and legislative responses, crime prevention initiatives and policy discussions dealing with the most critical issues present during and following the pandemic.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 – Introduction: Crime in the post-pandemic digital age

Chapter 2 – Pandemics and illegal manipulation of digital technologies: Examining cause and effect in a time of COVID-19

Chapter 3 – Pandemics and fraud: Learning from the coronavirus pandemic and its antecedents

Chapter 4 – The human element of online consumer scams arising from the

coronavirus pandemic

Chapter 5 – State-sponsored economic espionage in cyberspace: Risks and preparedness during and after the pandemic

Chapter 6 – Virtual kidnapping: Online scams with ‘Asian characteristics’ during the pandemic

Lennon Yao-Chung Chang, You Zhou and Duc Huy Phan

Chapter 7 – Lessons in a time of pestilence. The relevance of international cybercrime conventions to controlling post-pandemic cybercrime

Chapter 8 – Domestic laws governing post-pandemic crime and criminal justice

Chapter 9 – Perspectives on policing post-pandemic cybercrime

Chapter 10 – Digital criminal courts: The place or space of (post-)pandemic justice

Chapter 11 – Online messaging as a cybercrime prevention tool in the post-pandemic age

Chapter 12 – Artificial intelligence, COVID-19, and crime: Charting the origins and expansion of dystopian and utopian narratives

Chapter 13 – Conclusions: Minimising crime risks in pandemics of the future

O autorze

Russell G Smith is Professor in the College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders University, South Australia.

 

Rick Sarre is Emeritus Professor and Adjunct in Justice and Society at the University of South Australia.

 

Lennon Yao-Chung Chang is Associate Professor in Cyber Risk and Policy at Deakin University, Australia.

 

Laurie Lau is Chairman at the Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society, Hong Kong. 

Blurb

“The editors of this book have assembled an all-star cast of prominent academics working in the field of cybercrime to explore the different crime challenges posed by Covid to provide both facts and wisdom. For those who practice, or make policy, or are just interested, this is a must-read book.”

-Professor David S. Wall, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

“This book is a timely addition to the literature on the various cybercriminal risks and mitigation solutions during the trying times surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. It provides directions that should be considered so as to avoid malicious cyber activities that may occur in any future pandemics.”

-Professor Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

“Combining empirical engagement and socio-legal thinking, this book makes an insightful contribution to the literature on cybercrime during a time of crisis and forces us to think about some of the challenges and opportunities ahead.”

-Associate Professor Anita Lavorgna, University of Bologna, Italy

 

This edited collection presents current research dealing with crime involving information and communications technologies in the months immediately before, during and following the coronavirus pandemic since 2019. Information and communications technologies played a pivotal role during the pandemic in communicating information across the globe on the risks and responses to the pandemic but also in providing opportunities for various forms of illegality. This volume describes the nature and extent of such illegality, its connection to the pandemic and how digital technologies can assist in solving not only the health crisis but also the associated crime problems. It identifies technological solutions to cybercrime, legislative responses, crime prevention initiatives and policy discussions dealing with the most critical issues present during and following the pandemic.

 

Russell G Smith is Professor at Flinders University, South Australia.

 

Rick Sarre is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Australia.

 

Lennon Yao-Chung Chang is Associate Professor at Deakin University, Australia.

 

Laurie Lau is Chairman at the Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society, Hong Kong.