The Human Factor of Cybercrime
Holt, Thomas J.
The Human Factor of Cybercrime - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2019 - 1 online resource (432 p.)
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Cybercrimes are often viewed as technical offenses that require technical solutions, such as antivirus programs or automated intrusion detection tools. However, these crimes are committed by individuals or networks of people which prey upon human victims and are detected and prosecuted by criminal justice personnel. As a result, human decision-making plays a substantial role in the course of an offence, the justice response, and policymakers' attempts to legislate against these crimes. This book focuses on the human factor in cybercrime: its offenders, victims, and parties involved in tackling cybercrime. The distinct nature of cybercrime has consequences for the entire spectrum of crime and raises myriad questions about the nature of offending and victimization. For example, are cybercriminals the same as traditional offenders, or are there new offender types with distinct characteristics and motives? What foreground and situational characteristics influence the decision-making process of offenders? Which personal and situational characteristics provide an increased or decreased risk of cybercrime victimization? This book brings together leading criminologists from around the world to consider these questions and examine all facets of victimization, offending, offender networks, and policy responses.
Open licence
eng
9780429460593
Computer crimes-Social aspects.
Computer science
Computing and Information Technology
Crime & criminology.
Crime and criminology
Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects
Ethical & social aspects of IT.
Human-computer interaction.
Human-computer interaction
Information technology: general topics
Social services and welfare, criminology
Society and Social Sciences
cybercrime human factor
The Human Factor of Cybercrime - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2019 - 1 online resource (432 p.)
Free-to-read
Cybercrimes are often viewed as technical offenses that require technical solutions, such as antivirus programs or automated intrusion detection tools. However, these crimes are committed by individuals or networks of people which prey upon human victims and are detected and prosecuted by criminal justice personnel. As a result, human decision-making plays a substantial role in the course of an offence, the justice response, and policymakers' attempts to legislate against these crimes. This book focuses on the human factor in cybercrime: its offenders, victims, and parties involved in tackling cybercrime. The distinct nature of cybercrime has consequences for the entire spectrum of crime and raises myriad questions about the nature of offending and victimization. For example, are cybercriminals the same as traditional offenders, or are there new offender types with distinct characteristics and motives? What foreground and situational characteristics influence the decision-making process of offenders? Which personal and situational characteristics provide an increased or decreased risk of cybercrime victimization? This book brings together leading criminologists from around the world to consider these questions and examine all facets of victimization, offending, offender networks, and policy responses.
Open licence
eng
9780429460593
Computer crimes-Social aspects.
Computer science
Computing and Information Technology
Crime & criminology.
Crime and criminology
Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects
Ethical & social aspects of IT.
Human-computer interaction.
Human-computer interaction
Information technology: general topics
Social services and welfare, criminology
Society and Social Sciences
cybercrime human factor
