Cybercrime and society / Majid Yar.

Contents

1. Cybercrime and the Internet: An Introduction
Perceptions of Cybercrime
Cybercrime: Questions and Answers
A Brief History and Analysis of the Internet
Defining and Classifying Cybercrime
What's 'New' About Cybercrime?
How Many Crimes? Assessing the Scale of Internet Offences
Challenges for Criminology, Criminal Justice and Policing
Summary
Study questions
Further reading

2. Hackers, Crackers and Viral Coders
Hackers and Hacking - Contested Definitions
Representations of Hackers and Hacking: Technological Fears and Fantasies
What Hackers Actually Do: A Brief Guide for the Technologically Bewildered
Hacker Myths and Realities: Wizards or Button-Pushers?
'Why Do They Do It?' Motivation, Psychology, Gender and Youth
Hacking and the Law: Legislative Innovations and Responses
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading


3. Political Hacking: From Hacktivism to Cyberterrorism
Introduction
Hacktivism and the Politics of Resistance in a Globalised World
The Spectre of Cyberterrorism
Why Cyber-Terror? Terrorist Advantages of Utilising Internet Attacks
Rhetorics and Myths of Cyberterrorism
Alternate Conjunctions Between Terrorism and the Internet
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading


4. Virtual 'Pirates': Intellectual Property Theft Online
Introduction
Intellectual Property, Copyright and 'Piracy': An Overview
Scope and Scale of Piracy Activity
Explaining the Growth of Internet Piracy
Who Are the 'Pirates'?
The Development of Anti-Piracy Initiatives
Thinking Critically About Piracy Statistics
Thinking Critically About Intellectual Property Rights
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading

5. Cyber-Frauds, Scams and Cons
Introduction
Scope and Scale of Online Fraud
Varieties of Online Fraud
Online Fraud: Perpetrators' Advantages and Criminal Justice's Problems
Strategies For Policing and Combating Internet Frauds
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading


6. Illegal, Harmful and Offensive Content Online: From Hate Speech to 'the Dangers' of Pornography
Introduction
Thinking About 'Hate Speech'
Hate Speech Online
Legal, Policing and Political Challenges in Tackling Online Hate Speech
The Growth and Popularity of Internet Pornography
Criminological Issues Relating to Internet Pornography
Summary
Study questions
Further reading


7. Child Pornography and Child Sex Abuse Imagery
Introduction
Child Pornography and the Internet: Images, Victims and Offenders
Legislative and Policing Measures to Combat Online Child Pornography
Legal and Policing Challenges in Tackling Child Pornography
The Controversy Over Virtual Child Pornography
Summary
Study questions
Further Reading


8. The Victimization of Individuals Online: Cyberstalking and Paedophilia
Introduction
The Emergence of Stalking as a Crime Problem
Cyberstalking
Online Paedophilia
Thinking Critically About Online Victimization: Stalking and Paedophilia as Moral Panics?
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading


9. Policing the Internet
Introduction
Public Policing and the Cybercrime Problem
Pluralised Policing: The Involvement of Quasi-State and Non-State Actors in Policing the Internet
Privatised 'For-Profit' Cybercrime Policing
Explaining the Pluralisation and Privatisation of Internet Policing
Critical Issues About Private Policing of the Internet
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading


10. Cybercrimes and Cyberliberties: Surveillance, Privacy and Crime Control
Introduction
From Surveillance to Dataveillance: The Rise of the Electronic Web
The Development of Internet Surveillance
The Dilemmas of Surveillance as Crime Control: The Case of Encryption
Summary
Study questions
Further reading

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-206) and index.

Cybercrime and the Internet: an introduction -- 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.