Electronic Theft
Unlawful Acquisition in Cyberspace
- Authors:
- Peter Grabosky, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra
- Russell G. Smith, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra
- Gillian Dempsey, University of Queensland
- Date Published: April 2001
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521805971
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The convergence of communications and computing has begun to transform Western industrial societies. Increasing connectivity is accompanied by unprecedented opportunities for crimes of acquisition. The fundamental principle of criminology is that crime follows opportunity, and opportunities for theft abound in the digital age. Electronic Theft names, describes and analyses the range of electronic and digital theft, and constitutes the first major survey of the field.The authors cover a broad list of electronic misdemeanours, including extortion, defrauding governments, telephone fraud, securities fraud, deceptive advertising and other business practices, industrial espionage, intellectual property crimes, and the misappropriation and unauthorised use of personal information. They have been able to capture impressively large amounts of data internationally from both scholarly and professional sources. The book poses and attempts to answer some pressing questions to do with national sovereignty and enforceability of laws.
Read more- First major study of its type
- Covers a broad list of electronic misdemeanours
- International in focus
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Review of the hardback: '… an excellent read for those who want to get a general understanding of theft in the communication age … I would recommend this book to anyone interested in how the study of criminology has been accommodated to new digital technologies.' International Journal of Law and Information Technology
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- Date Published: April 2001
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521805971
- length: 246 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.6kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Theft and cyberspace
2. Stealing funds electronically
3. Digital extortion
4. Defrauding governments electronically
5. Telephone fraud and theft of internet services
6. Online securities fraud
7. Electronic 'snake oil': deceptive and misleading online advertising and business practices
8. Intellectual property in cyberspace
9. Industrial espionage in the digital age
10. The electronic misappropriation and dissemination of personal information
11. The limits of the law in controlling electronic theft
References
Index.
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