Cyber Criminology (eBook, PDF)

Exploring Internet Crimes and Criminal Behavior
Redaktion: Jaishankar, K.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Victimization through the Internet is becoming more prevalent as cyber criminals have developed more effective ways to remain anonymous. This volume explores today's interface of computer science, Internet science, and criminology. Topics discussed include the growing menace of cyber crime in Nigeria, Internet gambling and digital piracy, cyber stalking and sexual addiction on the Internet, child pornography, and the online exploitation of children. The book also examines terrorist use of the Internet, victimization on social networking websites, malware and hacking, the Islamic world in cyberspace, and human rights concerns that the digital age has created.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 461
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439829509
• Artikelnr.: 38302329

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.