Handbook of Internet crime / edited by Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction, Internet, cybercrime, and the challenges of the 21st century / Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar -- Histories and contexts / Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar -- Reinterpreting internet history / James Curran -- On the globalisation of crime : the internet and new criminality / Barry Sandywell -- Internet and everyday life / Vincent MIller -- Criminalising cyberspace : the rise of the internet as a 'crime problem' / David S. Wall -- Public perceptions and public opinion about internet crime / Majid Yar -- Crime, film and the cybernetic imagination / Craig Webber and Jeff Vass -- Fiction, fantasy and transformation in the imaginaries of cybercrime : the novel and after / Sheila Brown -- Forms of internet crime / Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar -- Hackers, viruses and malicious software / Steven Furnell -- Terror's web : how the internet is transforming terrorism / Dorothy E. Denning -- Cyber-terror : construction, criminalisation and control / Maggie Wykes with Daniel Harcus -- Cyber-protest and civil society : the internet and action repertoires in social movements / Jeroen Van Laer and Peter Van Aelst -- Intellectual property crime and the internet : cyber-piracy and 'stealing' informational intangibles / David S. Wall and Majid Yar -- Identity theft and fraud / Russell G. Smith -- Sex industry, regulation and the internet / Teela Sanders -- Online sexual exploitation of children and young people / Jo Bryce -- Child pornography / Ethel Quayle -- Harm, suicide and homicide in cyberspace : assessing causality and control / Maggie Wykes -- Internet law and regulation / Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar -- Emergence of computer law / Martin Wasik -- Recent developments in UK cybercrime law / Lilian Edwards, Judith Rauhofer and Majid Yar -- Recent developments in US internet law / Susan W. Brenner -- Transnational developments in internet law / Katherine S. Williams -- Online surveillance and personal liberty / Michael McGuire -- Policing the internet / Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar -- Public policing and internet crime / Yvonne Jewkes -- Private policing of internet crime / Majid Yar -- Virtual neighbourhood watch : netizens in action / Matthew Williams -- Internet technologies and criminal justice / Janet Chan, Gerard Goggin and Jasmine Bruce -- Computer forensics and the presentation of evidence in criminal cases / Ian Walden.

"An essential reference for scholars and others whose work brings them into contact with managing, policing and regulating online behaviour, the Handbook of Internet Crime emerges at a time of rapid social and technological change. Amidst much debate about the dangers presented by the Internet and intensive negotiation over its legitimate uses and regulation, this is the most comprehensive and ambitious book on cybercrime to date. It gathers together the leading scholars in the field to explore issues and debates surrounding internet-related crime, deviance, policing, law and regulation in the 21st century. The Handbook reflects the range and depth of cybercrime research and scholarship, combining contributions from many of those who have established and developed cyber research over the past 25 years and who continue to shape it in its current phase, with more recent entrants to the field who are building on this tradition and breaking new ground. Contributions reflect both the global nature of cybercrime problems, and the international span of scholarship addressing its challenges."--Publisher's description.