Electronic Theft
Subtitle: Unlawful Acquisition in Cyberspace
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 27, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780521805971
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Internet; Science/Mathematics; Criminology; Computer Crime; Theft; Technology; True Crime / Espionage; Other Miscellaneous Crimes; Nonfiction - True Crime / Espionage; Electronics - General; Criminal Law - General; Social Science / Criminology; Computer crimes; Internet fraud
First sentence: The convergence of communications and computing has begun to transformation has mainly been located in Western industrial societies, its effects are beginning to be felt globally.
Description: "The convergence of communications and computing has begun to transform Western industrial societies. Increasing connectivity is accompanied by unprecedented opportunities for crimes of acquisition. 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 natural sovereignty, intellectual property and enforceability of laws."--Jacket.