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Handbook on Crime and Technology
Examining the consequences of technology-driven lifestyles for both crime commission and victimization, this comprehensive Handbook provides an overview of a broad array of techno-crimes as well as exploring critical issues concerning the criminal justice system’s response to technology-facilitated criminal activity.
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Examining the consequences of technology-driven lifestyles for both crime commission and victimization, this comprehensive Handbook provides an overview of a broad array of techno-crimes as well as exploring critical issues concerning the criminal justice system’s response to technology-facilitated criminal activity.
The Handbook adopts a unique three-fold typology of technology-enabled crime: techno-crime committed by professional criminals (crime as work), techno-crime committed in traditional workplace settings (crime at work), and techno-crime committed by individuals outside of traditional workplace settings (crime after work). Chapters explore an extensive range of criminal activities facilitated by the digital age, from embezzlement, financial fraud, corporate espionage, phishing, and ransomware to identity theft, hacking, cyber terrorism, and internet sex and hate crimes. Looking to the future, the Handbook considers timely questions posed by our continued reliance on information technology, including whether we are in danger of becoming a global surveillance state and how we might prevent the facilitation of cyber terrorism by social media giants.
This dynamic Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in criminology, digital sociology, terrorism and security, and surveillance studies. Offering practical insights on the need for a coordinated global techno-crime control strategy, it will serve as a resource for policymakers seeking cutting edge solutions to the growing problem of techno-crime.
The Handbook adopts a unique three-fold typology of technology-enabled crime: techno-crime committed by professional criminals (crime as work), techno-crime committed in traditional workplace settings (crime at work), and techno-crime committed by individuals outside of traditional workplace settings (crime after work). Chapters explore an extensive range of criminal activities facilitated by the digital age, from embezzlement, financial fraud, corporate espionage, phishing, and ransomware to identity theft, hacking, cyber terrorism, and internet sex and hate crimes. Looking to the future, the Handbook considers timely questions posed by our continued reliance on information technology, including whether we are in danger of becoming a global surveillance state and how we might prevent the facilitation of cyber terrorism by social media giants.
This dynamic Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in criminology, digital sociology, terrorism and security, and surveillance studies. Offering practical insights on the need for a coordinated global techno-crime control strategy, it will serve as a resource for policymakers seeking cutting edge solutions to the growing problem of techno-crime.
Critical Acclaim
‘This pioneering volume must be in the library of any scholar or practitioner concerned with the radical upending of crime and responses to it brought by new information technologies. Never in the history of criminology have changes come so quickly, nor been so poorly understood. The book offers a cornucopia of concepts, data and constructive suggestions to help understand and respond thoughtfully to the challenges.’
– Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
‘The Handbook''s 23 chapters, and engaging introduction, address important underlying issues, such as the impact of technology on changes in our lifestyles, the problem of global surveillance of online activity as a control strategy, and the striking lack of success of current prevention and control efforts thus far. In sum, the Handbook provides an interesting and comprehensive assessment of where technology has brought us, and the need for more thoughtful approaches to techno-crime prevention.’
– Jay Albanese, Virginia Commonwealth University, US
– Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
‘The Handbook''s 23 chapters, and engaging introduction, address important underlying issues, such as the impact of technology on changes in our lifestyles, the problem of global surveillance of online activity as a control strategy, and the striking lack of success of current prevention and control efforts thus far. In sum, the Handbook provides an interesting and comprehensive assessment of where technology has brought us, and the need for more thoughtful approaches to techno-crime prevention.’
– Jay Albanese, Virginia Commonwealth University, US
Contributors
Contributors: Art Bowker, Pauline K. Brennan, George W. Burrus, James M. Byrne, Eric Chan-Tin, Jaeyong Choi, Kyung-Shick Choi, Yi Ting Chua, Brandon Dulisse, Caterina Fonseca, Katelyn Greer, Ines Guedes, Emily Homer, Max M. Houck, Don Hummer, Thomas Hyslip, Ina Kamenova, Kimberly R. Kras, Jennifer LaPrade, Jin R. Lee, Claire Seungeun Lee, Joshua Long, Arthur Lurigio, Presley McGarry, Rachel L. McNealey, Juan Merizalde, Samuel Moreiri, Ari Perliger, Sean M. Perry, Sabrina S. Rapisarda, Donald Rebovich, Amber Ruf, Neil Shortland, Loretta Stalans, Marlan Mike Toro-Alvarez
Contents
Contents:
Techno-crime cause, prevention, and control: issues to consider 1
Don Hummer and James M. Byrne
PART I TECHNO-CRIME AS WORK
1 Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud 17
Max M. Houck
2 Identity theft and financial loss 38
Don Hummer and Donald J. Rebovich
3 Phishing for profit 54
Eric Chan-Tin and Loretta J. Stalans
4 Advance fee scams 72
Claire Seungeun Lee, Juan Merizalde and Katelyn L. Greer
5 Ransomware 86
Thomas S. Hyslip and George W. Burruss
6 Online health/drug and COVID-19 fraud 105
Claire Seungeun Lee, Katelyn L. Greer and Juan Merizalde
7 Internet sex crimes 116
Loretta J. Stalans and Amber Horning-Ruf
8 Sale of private, confidential, and personal data 135
Yi Ting Chua
9 Online auction fraud 153
Claire Seungeun Lee, Katelyn L. Greer and Juan Merizalde
10 Internet piracy 162
Jaeyong Choi and Jennifer LaPrade
PART II TECHNO-CRIME AT WORK
11 Money laundering 176
Arthur J. Lurigio
12 Embezzlement 190
Emily M. Homer and James Byrne
13 The illicit stolen data market 211
Rachel L. McNealey and Jin R. Lee
PART III TECHNO-CRIME AFTER WORK
14 Spreading viruses and malicious codes 229
Kyung-Shick Choi, Claire Seungeun Lee and Juan Merizalde
15 Child pornography, child predators, and sex tourism 248
Joshua S. Long
16 Online hate crimes 275
Ina Kamenova and Arie Perliger
17 Cyberstalking 300
Sabrina S. Rapisarda and Kimberly R. Kras
18 Hacking 331
Marlon Mike Toro-Alvarez
PART IV THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO TECHNO-CRIME: PUBLIC
SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR PREVENTION AND
CONTROL STRATEGIES
19 Techno-crime prevention: the role of the private sector and its
partnerships with the public sector 356
Jaeyong Choi and Brandon Dulisse
20 The jigsaw initiative: theoretical and practical considerations for
preventing harm from extreme and extremist content online 372
Neil Shortland and Presley McGarry
21 The prevention and control of online consumer fraud 392
Catarina Cardoso Fonseca, Samuel Moreira and Inês Guedes
22 Managing cyber-risk in offender populations 408
Art Bowker
23 The prosecution, conviction, and sentencing of techno-criminals: the
limits of international cooperation 422
Sean M. Perry and Pauline K. Brennan
Index
Techno-crime cause, prevention, and control: issues to consider 1
Don Hummer and James M. Byrne
PART I TECHNO-CRIME AS WORK
1 Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud 17
Max M. Houck
2 Identity theft and financial loss 38
Don Hummer and Donald J. Rebovich
3 Phishing for profit 54
Eric Chan-Tin and Loretta J. Stalans
4 Advance fee scams 72
Claire Seungeun Lee, Juan Merizalde and Katelyn L. Greer
5 Ransomware 86
Thomas S. Hyslip and George W. Burruss
6 Online health/drug and COVID-19 fraud 105
Claire Seungeun Lee, Katelyn L. Greer and Juan Merizalde
7 Internet sex crimes 116
Loretta J. Stalans and Amber Horning-Ruf
8 Sale of private, confidential, and personal data 135
Yi Ting Chua
9 Online auction fraud 153
Claire Seungeun Lee, Katelyn L. Greer and Juan Merizalde
10 Internet piracy 162
Jaeyong Choi and Jennifer LaPrade
PART II TECHNO-CRIME AT WORK
11 Money laundering 176
Arthur J. Lurigio
12 Embezzlement 190
Emily M. Homer and James Byrne
13 The illicit stolen data market 211
Rachel L. McNealey and Jin R. Lee
PART III TECHNO-CRIME AFTER WORK
14 Spreading viruses and malicious codes 229
Kyung-Shick Choi, Claire Seungeun Lee and Juan Merizalde
15 Child pornography, child predators, and sex tourism 248
Joshua S. Long
16 Online hate crimes 275
Ina Kamenova and Arie Perliger
17 Cyberstalking 300
Sabrina S. Rapisarda and Kimberly R. Kras
18 Hacking 331
Marlon Mike Toro-Alvarez
PART IV THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO TECHNO-CRIME: PUBLIC
SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR PREVENTION AND
CONTROL STRATEGIES
19 Techno-crime prevention: the role of the private sector and its
partnerships with the public sector 356
Jaeyong Choi and Brandon Dulisse
20 The jigsaw initiative: theoretical and practical considerations for
preventing harm from extreme and extremist content online 372
Neil Shortland and Presley McGarry
21 The prevention and control of online consumer fraud 392
Catarina Cardoso Fonseca, Samuel Moreira and Inês Guedes
22 Managing cyber-risk in offender populations 408
Art Bowker
23 The prosecution, conviction, and sentencing of techno-criminals: the
limits of international cooperation 422
Sean M. Perry and Pauline K. Brennan
Index
