Crime online : correlates, causes, and context / edited by Thomas J. Holt, Michigan State University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holt, Thomas J., 1978- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer crimes.

Physical Description:

xv, 291 pages : illstrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Other Title:

Crime on-line

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In light of the increasing adoption of technology, it is critical that researchers explore the complex effects of computer technology on human behavior and the intersection of real world and virtual experiences. Crime Online uses empirical tests and unique data to provide detailed criminological explorations of multiple forms of cybercrime, including phishing, hacking, and sex crimes. This text also includes a comprehensive exploration of cyberterrorism and activism in online environments. The law enforcement and policy responses to cybercrimes at the local, state, and federal level are also discussed in detail. This work provides practical policy discussions that will benefit academics, law enforcement, legal counsel, and students at the undergraduate and graduate level"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Crime Online: Correlates, Causes, and Context / Thomas J. Holt

Defining and Measuring Cybercrime

Cybercrime Framework

Cyber-Trespass

Cyber-Deception/Theft

Cyber-Porn and Obscenity

Cyber-Violence

The Structure of This Book and Its Contributions

References

2. Hacker Woodstock: Observations on an Offline Cyber Culture at the Chaos Communication Camp 2011 / Brittany Smith-Bachmann

Hacker Culture

Perspectives, Procedures, and Settings

Identity Assignments within a Grounded Online Culture

The Emergent Grounded Hacker Culture

The Vocabulary of Motives

Conclusion

3. The Evolution of Online Piracy: Challenge and Response / Johnny Nhan

Review of the Literature

Individual Motivations and Factors Influencing Participation in Piracy Activities

The Impact and Harm of Piracy

Enforcement of Piracy Laws

Timeline

The Digital Transition: From Hard Goods to Soft Goods

Website Hosting Music

Peer-to-Peer: The Napster Era

Peer-to-Peer: BitTorrent Era

The Cyberlocker Era

Litigation

Internet Culture

Legal Alternatives

Conclusion and Limitations

4. Social Engineering as a Form of Fraud Mediated through Communications Technology / Kevin Steinmetz

Introduction

Social Engineering as a Form of Technology-Mediated Fraud

Letter and Document Fraud

The Postal System and Mail Fraud

Analog Electronic Communications and the Development of Wire Fraud

Perpetrating Fraud through the Telegraph System

Perpetrating Fraud through the Telephone System

Fraud Perpetrated through Broadcast Media

Early Digital Telecommunications: Fraud Perpetrated through Facsimile Machines

Social Engineering in Historical Context

5. Cybercrime Trajectories: An Integrated Theory of Initiation, Maintenance and Desistance / Alice Hutchings

Theoretical Perspectives

Merton's Structural Strain Theory

Sutherland's Theory of Differential Association

Sykes and Matza's Theory of Techniques of Neutralization

Clarke and Cornish's Rational Choice Theory

Methods

Court Documents

Interviews with Law Enforcement

Interviews with Offenders

Data Analysis

Nature of Technical and General Cybercrimes

Initiation into Cybercrime Offending

Maintenance

Desistance

Assumptions

Discussion and Conclusion

Acknowledgements and Funding

6. Internet Child Pornography: Legal Issues and Investigative Tactics / Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar

Scope and Context

The COPINE Project

The Courts and COPINE

A Hypothetical Case Study

Criticisms of Court Image Classifications

Classification System for the United States

Technical Investigations

Lanning Model

Krone Model

Rogers and Seigfried-Spellar Hybrid Model

Case Study

Conclusions

7. On the Erotic Highway: A Participant-Observer Approach to Researching Users of a Prostitute Review Website / Christine Milrod

Prostitution and the GFE

The Erotic Review Website

The Erotic Highway

First Stop

Patrolling the Erotic Highway

From Participant to Observer

The TER Study

The Hobbyist

Exiting the Erotic Highway

8. Understanding Cyber Interpersonal Abuse / Shelly Clevenger

Cyberbullying

Cyberstalking

Cybersexual Abuse

Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Sexual Harassment and Solicitation

Sexual Coercion and Sextortion

Virtual Rape and Sexual Violence By-Proxy

Cyberfraud

Cyber Intimate Partner Abuse

Organizations and Resources to Assist Survivors of Interpersonal Abuse

9. Terrorists' and Violent Extremists' Use of the Internet and Cyberterrorism / Tiana Gaudette

Terrorists' and Violent Extremists' Use of the Internet

Defining Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Radicalization

Ideological Beliefs and Motivations of Terrorists and Violent Extremists

Terrorists' and Violent Extremists' Core Uses of the Internet

Information Provision

Financing

Networking

Recruitment

Information Gathering

The Role of the Internet in the Process of Radicalization

Combating Terrorists' and Violent Extremists' Use of the Internet

Cyberterrorism

Defining Cyberterrorism

Cyberterrorism Campaigns: Tactics and Targets

Ardit Ferizi

Younes Tsouli

Assessing the Likelihood of Cyberterrorism

Responding to Cyberterrorism

10. Darkweb: Overview, Operation, and Response / Christopher Copeland

History of TOR

Encryption

Terminology

Clearnet

Darknet

Darkweb Services

Cryptocurrency

Online Markets

Illicit Services

Law Enforcement Response

Discussion

References.

Notes:

Revised edition of Crime online, [2016].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Crime online

ISBN:

9781531020477

153102047X

OCLC:

1221014563