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Rethinking Cybercrime

Critical Debates

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Editors:
  1. Tim Owen

    1. Reader in Criminology, School of Law and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

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  2. Jessica Marshall

    1. School of Law and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

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  • Presents the latest research in cybercrime research, from cyber-terrorism, to online grooming, hacktivism and law enforcement responses

  • Draws on selected papers from the 2016 and 2017 cybercrime conferences at UCLAN

  • Speaks to advanced students and lecturers in Criminology, Law, Sociology, Social Policy, Computer Studies, Policing, Forensic Investigation, Public Services and Philosophy

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Theoretical Explorations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. CyberTerrorism: Some Insights from Owen’s Genetic-Social Framework

      • Tim Owen
      Pages 3-22

    3. Vygotsky and Internet Grooming: The Darker Side of ZPD and Scaffolding

      • Kerry Hannigan
      Pages 23-40

    4. The Criminalisation of Tools Under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. The Need to Rethink Cybercrime Offences to Effectively Protect Legitimate Activities and Deter Cybercriminals

      • Audrey Guinchard
      Pages 41-61

    5. A Short History of Hacktivism: Its Past and Present and What Can We Learn from It

      • Vasileios Karagiannopoulos
      Pages 63-86

    6. Assuming Identities Online: How Linguistics Is Helping the Policing of Online Grooming and the Distribution of Abusive Images

      • Nicci MacLeod, Tim Grant
      Pages 87-104

    7. The Need to Think Beyond Objective Territoriality to Better Protect the Rights of the Suspect of a Cybercrime

      • Jean-Baptiste Maillart
      Pages 105-120

    8. Images of Violence and Atrocity in Modern Media

      • Wayne Noble
      Pages 121-141

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 259-262
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About this book

The book provides a contemporary ‘snapshot’ of critical debate centred around cybercrime and related issues, to advance theoretical development and inform social and educational policy. It covers theoretical explanations for cybercrime, typologies of online grooming, online-trolling, hacking, and law and policy directions. This collection draws on the very best papers from 2 major international conferences on cybercrime organised by UCLAN. It is well positioned for advanced students and lecturers in Criminology, Law, Sociology, Social Policy, Computer Studies, Policing, Forensic Investigation, Public Services and Philosophy who want to understand cybercrime from different angles and perspectives.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Reader in Criminology, School of Law and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

    Tim Owen

  • School of Law and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

    Jessica Marshall

About the editors

Tim Owen is Reader in Criminology and Director of UCLan Cybercrime Research Unit (UCRU) at Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire, UK. His main research interest lies in ‘building bridges’ between the social and biological sciences. He is the author of many books, book chapters and journal articles in Criminology, Sociology, Philosophy and Social Policy. His recent books include Crime, Genes, Neuroscience and Cyberspace (2017) and New Perspectives on Cybercrime (2017).

Jessica Marshall is Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She is also Research Fellow of the University of Central Lancashire Cybercrime Research Unit (UCRU).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rethinking Cybercrime

  • Book Subtitle: Critical Debates

  • Editors: Tim Owen, Jessica Marshall

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55841-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55840-6Published: 14 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55843-7Published: 14 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55841-3Published: 13 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 262

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cybercrime, Policing, Social Policy, Victimology, Crime Prevention, Crime and Society

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