Megan McNally

Identity Theft in Today's World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book accurately identifies the various forms of identity theft in simple, easy-to-understand terms, exposes exaggerated and erroneous information, and explains how everyone can take action to protect themselves. Identity theft is a classic crime with a modern (and perhaps decidedly American) twist. The rise of technology over the past few decades-and its influence on the processes of modernization and globalization-has created many new opportunities for identity theft both locally and internationally. Moreover, this process has transformed the nature of identity from something largely personal to something almost purely financial. Although identity theft is not a global crime per se, it does pose a pervasive and universal threat that will need to be acknowledged and addressed by many nations throughout the world. In this text, author Megan McNally examines the concept of identity theft in universal terms in order to understand what it is, how it is accomplished, and what the nations of the world can do-individually or collectively-to prevent it or respond to it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780313375880
• ISBN-10: 0313375887
• Artikelnr.: 33761455

Autorenporträt

Megan McNally, PhD, is coeditor of Perspectives on Identity Theft and coauthor of the National Institute of Justice Identity Theft Literature Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Preface Introduction Part I: Identity Theft in a Rational
World 1. The Identity Equation 2. The Identity Theft Equation 3. The
Universal Script Part II: Identity Theft in an Irrational Society 4. A
Matter of Perspective 5. The Life and Times of IDT 6. Around the Beginning
7. Somewhere in the Middle 8. Just beneath the Surface 9. The End for Now
Part III: Life in Today's World 10. Don't Be a Victim 11. Don't Panic
Notes References Index