Majid Yar, Kevin F. Steinmetz

Cybercrime and Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cybercrime and Society is a student focused and pedagogically developed introduction to the area of cybercrime, which over the past few decades has seen an explosion of growth due to new global forms of electronic communication.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9781529772074
• ISBN-10: 1529772079
• Artikelnr.: 68355786

Autorenporträt

I am a sociologist, criminologist and cultural/media analyst, with more than two decades of experience spanning academic research, teaching, writing, editing, leadership and mentoring. Educated at the Universities of York and Lancaster, I have held Faculty positions at the Universities of Lancaster, Kent, Keele and latterly Hull, where I was Professor of Sociology between 2008 and 2015. I have authored more than half a dozen scholarly books and dozens of peer-reviewed articles, and also conducted social scientific research with and for government, charities and business organisations. I have served as an external examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the UK, as well as assessing PhD theses in the UK and Australia across the fields of sociology, criminology and political theory. I serve on the Editorial Boards of a number of leading journals, regularly work with and advise academic publishers in the UK and United States, and provide editorial, advisory and mentoring services for clients ranging from undergraduate and post-graduate students to tenured Faculty.  

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Cybercrime and the Internet: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Theorizing Cybercrime
Chapter 3: Researching Cybercrime
Chapter 4: Hackers
Chapter 5: Hacking
Chapter 6: Hacktivism: Digital Resistance and Disobedience
Chapter 7: Cyberterrorism
Chapter 8: Illegal Goods and Illicit Markets
Chapter 9: Online Fraud
Chapter 10: Pornography and Obscenity
Chapter 11: Online Falsehoods: Fake News, Information Warfare and Deepfakes
Chapter 12: Online Hate
Chapter 13: Child Sexual Exploitation: Images and Abuse
Chapter 14: Online Harassment, Bullying and Stalking
Chapter 15: The Public Policing of Cybercrime
Chapter 16: The Private Policing and Prevention of Cybercrimes
Chapter 17: Cybercrimes and Cyberliberties: Surveillance, Privacy and Crime
Control
Chapter 18: The Futures of Cybercrime

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Cybercrime and the Internet: An Introduction
Researching and Theorizing Cybercrime
Hackers, Crackers and Viral Coders
Political Hacking: From Hacktivism to Cyberterrorism
Virtual 'Pirates': Intellectual Property Theft Online
Cyber-frauds, Scams and Cons
Illegal, Harmful and Offensive Content Online: From Hate Speech to 'the Dangers' of Pornography
Child Pornography and Child Sex Abuse Imagery
The Victimization of Individuals Online: Cyberstalking and Paedophilia
Policing the Internet
Cybercrimes and Cyberliberties: Surveillance, Privacy and Crime Control
Conclusion: Looking Toward the Future of Cybercrime

Rezensionen

Packed with reams of new, cutting edge material, Majid Yar and Kevin Steinmetz have managed to broaden an already capacious volume. This is the definitive book on the subject.

Travis Linnemann, Eastern Kentucky University