Cyber Criminology

This collection of twenty-one articles on modern criminology showcases current scholarship in the restructuring of traditional criminological studies to include the burgeoning world of online crime and to address the unique challenges that it presents. The work is divided into five sections covering deviance and criminal subculture in cyberspace, perpetrator perspectives on the Internet, digital piracy, cyber-victimization and legal and policy issues surrounding online crime. Individual essays address such topics as Internet caf矇 culture in Nigeria, Internet gambling, virtual sex offenders, the Internet and terrorism, digital file sharing and criminalogical profiling, cyber-stalking and human rights infringement in the digital age. Contributors include criminal justice academics and cyber crime professionals from firms and institutions around the world. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)