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Electronic Theft by Peter Grabosky - ISBN: 9780521152860
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This book covers 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.

Electronic Theft

Unlawful Acquisition in Cyberspace

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    246 pages

  • Release Date

    22 July 2010

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Summary

When this book was first published in 2001, the convergence of communications and computing had begun to transform Western industrial societies. Increasing connectivity was accompanied by unprecedented opportunities for crimes of acquisition. The fundamental principle of criminology is that crime follows opportunity, and opportunities for theft abound in the digital age. Electronic Theft named, described and analysed the range of electronic and digital theft, and constituted the first major s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521152860
ISBN-10:0521152860
Author:Peter Grabosky, Russell G. Smith, Gillian Dempsey
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:246
Release Date:22 July 2010
Weight:340g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 13mm
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Critics Review

Review of the hardback: ‘… an excellent read for those who want to get a general understanding of theft in the communication age … I would recommend this book to anyone interested in how the study of criminology has been accommodated to new digital technologies.’ International Journal of Law and Information Technology

About The Author

Peter Grabosky

Peter Grabosky is Professor at the Regulatory Institutions Network, The Australian National University, and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security. He is the 2006 winner of the Sellin-Glueck Award of the American Society of Criminology. He is author most recently of Electronic Crime (2007) and Cyber Criminals on Trial (with Russell G. Smith and Gregor Urbas; Cambridge University Press, 2004), which won the Outstanding Book Award of the American Society of Criminology’s Division of International Criminology.

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