Cyber Criminology: Exploring Internet Crimes and Criminal Behavior

ISBN-13: 9781439829493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 461 str.

Jaishankar, K.

Opis

Cybercrime is a newly emerging discipline that analyzes the changing nature and scope of victimization through the use of the internet. This newly updated volume explores the interface of computer science, internet science, and criminology. It includes a foreword by David S. Wall, the leading cybercrime scholar in the UK. The text covers such topics as cyberbullying, terrorist use of the internet, gambling, fraud, money laundering, cyberstalking, online sex solicitation, music and IP pirating, and human rights issues. The book serves as a leading reference and also provides an initial textbook presentation of the research available in this area.

Spis treści

Section I: Deviance and Criminal Subculture in Cyberspace. Section II: Perpetrators; Perspectives and Offender Use of the Internet. Section III: Digital Piracy. Section IV: Cyber Victimization. Section V: Legal and Policy Issues of Cyber Crimes. Index.

O autorze

K. Jaishankar, PhD, is a senior assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Cyber Criminology and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences. He is the founding president of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and founding executive director of the Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling. Among the recent books he has written and/or co-edited are Cyber Bullying: Profile and Policy Guidelines, International Perspectives on Crime and Justice, Trends and Issues of Victimology, and Crime Victims and Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Principles. He pioneered the development of the new field of cyber criminology and is the proponent of the space transition theory of cyber crimes. His areas of academic competence include cyber criminology, victimology, crime mapping, geographic information systems, communal violence, theoretical criminology, policing, and crime prevention.