Description
The exponential increase in cybercrimes in the past decade has raised new issues and challenges for law and law enforcement. Based on case studies drawn from her work as a lawyer, Susan W. Brenner identifies a diverse range of cybercrimes, including crimes that target computers (viruses, worms, Trojan horse programs, malware and DDoS attacks) and crimes in which the computer itself is used as a tool (cyberstalking, cyberextortion, cybertheft, and embezzlement). Illuminating legal issues unique to investigations in a digital environment, Brenner examines both national law enforcement agencies and transnational crime, and shows how cyberspace erodes the functional and empirical differences that have long distinguished crime from terrorism and both from warfare.
Author: Susan W. Brenner
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781555537999
ISBN10: 1555537995
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Criminology
- Law | Computer & Internet
- Law | Criminal Law | General
About the Author
SUSAN W. BRENNER is NCR Distinguished Professor of Law & Technology, University of Dayton School of Law.