TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grabosky,Peter
AU  - Smith,Russell G.
AU  - Dempsey,Gillian
TI  - Electronic Theft: Unlawful Acquisition in Cyberspace
SN  - 9780521805971
AV  - HV6773 .G72 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Melbourne
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Tyveri p�a internet
N1  - References, Index; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Theft and cyberspace; 2. Stealing funds electronically; 3. Digital extortion; 4. Defrauding governments electronically; 5. Telephone fraud and theft of internet services; 6. Online securities fraud; 7. Electronic 'snake oil': deceptive and misleading online advertising and business practices; 8. Intellectual property in cyberspace; 9. Industrial espionage in the digital age; 10. The electronic misappropriation and dissemination of personal information; 11. The limits of the law in controlling electronic theft; References; Index
N2  - 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 survey of the field. The authors covered a broad list
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