Introduction to Cybercrime

Computer Crimes, Laws, and Policing in the 21st Century

Joshua B. Hill, Nancy E. Marion

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781440832734
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216104377
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cyber Security
• Index: Computer Science

Explaining cybercrime in a highly networked world, this book provides a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the history, modern developments, and efforts to combat cybercrime in various forms at all levels of government—international, national, state, and local.

As the exponential growth of the Internet has made the exchange and storage of information quick and inexpensive, the incidence of cyber-enabled criminal activity—from copyright infringement to phishing to online pornography—has also exploded. These crimes, both old and new, are posing challenges for law enforcement and legislators alike. What efforts—if any—could deter cybercrime in the highly networked and extremely fast-moving modern world? Introduction to Cybercrime: Computer Crimes, Laws, and Policing in the 21st Century seeks to address this tough question and enables readers to better contextualize the place of cybercrime in the current landscape.

This textbook documents how a significant side effect of the positive growth of technology has been a proliferation of computer-facilitated crime, explaining how computers have become the preferred tools used to commit crimes, both domestically and internationally, and have the potential to seriously harm people and property alike. The chapters discuss different types of cybercrimes—including new offenses unique to the Internet—and their widespread impacts. Readers will learn about the governmental responses worldwide that attempt to alleviate or prevent cybercrimes and gain a solid understanding of the issues surrounding cybercrime in today's society as well as the long- and short-term impacts of cybercrime.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Recent Titles
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Chapter One: Introduction
• Chapter Two: History of Cybercrime
• Chapter Three: Types and Frequency of Cybercrime
• Chapter Four: Amount of Cybercrime
• Chapter Five: Law Enforcement
• Chapter Six: Organized Cybercrime
• Chapter Seven: Cyberterrorism and Terrorists Online
• Chapter Eight: Cyberwar
• Chapter Nine: Domestic Response
• Chapter Ten: International Response
• Chapter Eleven: Conclusion
• Appendix: Timeline of Significant Events
• Selected Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors