Violence Goes to the Internet [electronic resource] : Avoiding the Snare of the Net

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Axelrod, Evan M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer crimes.

Deviant behavior.

Internet--Social aspects .

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Local Subjects:

Computer crimes.

Deviant behavior.

Internet--Social aspects .

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Violence Goes to the Internet provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the Internet and the potential dangers lying therein. The book identifies all of the different types of interpersonal violence and crime that may be encountered on the Internet, so that it can then be examined and placed in the context of how that violence manifests itself in the physical world. Readers will then be able to recognize and detect interpersonal violence and crime on the Internet and take the necessary steps to insulate and defend oneself from would-be cyber predators. A new approach to assessing vi

Contents:

VIOLENCE GOES TO THE INTERNET; CONTENTS; Part 1 UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING VIOLENCE ON THE INTERNET; Chapter 1 ENTER THE INTERNET; Chapter 2 DEFINING VIOLENCE: VIROLOGY 101; Chapter 3 DEFINING VIOLENCE: PLAYERS, PROFILES; Chapter 4 RISKS OF THE INTERNET; Chapter 5 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VIOLENCE; Chapter 6 DEVELOPING VIOLENCE PREVENTION; Part II STRAINS OF VIOLENCE ONTHE INTERNET; Chapter 8 VIOLENCE AND CRIME:A TYPE FOR EVERY MEDIUM; Chapter 9 CHILD EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE,; Chapter 10 CORPORATE CRIME AND COMPUTER; Chapter 11 CYBERSTALKING; Chapter 12 CYBERTERRORISM

Chapter 13 FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFTChapter 14 HARASSMENT, DEFAMATION, AND CYBERBULLYING; Chapter 15 HATE GROUPS AND RELIGIOUS CULTS; Part III RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE ON THE INTERNET; Chapter 16 SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND THE WORKPLACE; Chapter 17 LAW ENFORCEMENT'S RACE AGAINST TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 18 STAYING SAFE IN CYBERSPACE; Afterword AVOIDING THE SNARE OF THE NET; Appendix A GLOSSARY OF CHAT TERMS; Appendix B GLOSSARY OF EMOTICONS; Appendix C CYBERSTALKING AND RELATED LAWS BY STATE; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-398-07983-8

OCLC:

689995668