Cybercrime, Digital Forensics and Jurisdiction

The purpose of law is to prevent the society from harm by declaring what conduct is criminal, and prescribing the punishment to be imposed for such conduct. The pervasiveness of the internet and its anonymous nature make cyberspace a lawless frontier where anarchy prevails. Historically, economic value has been assigned to visible and tangible assets. With the increasing appreciation that intangible data disseminated through an intangible medium can possess economic value, cybercrime is also being recognized as an economic asset.
The Cybercrime, Digital Forensics and Jurisdiction disseminate knowledge for everyone involved with understanding and preventing cybercrime - business entities, private citizens, and government agencies. The book is firmly rooted in the law demonstrating that a viable strategy to confront cybercrime must be international in scope.

List of contents

Part I Fundamentals of Cybercrime.- Part II Computer System as Target.- Part III Computer System as Tool.- Part IV Content - Related Offenses.- Part V Privacy, Security and Crime Control.

Summary

The purpose of law is to prevent the society from harm by declaring what conduct is criminal, and prescribing the punishment to be imposed for such conduct. The pervasiveness of the internet and its anonymous nature make cyberspace a lawless frontier where anarchy prevails. Historically, economic value has been assigned to visible and tangible assets. With the increasing appreciation that intangible data disseminated through an intangible medium can possess economic value, cybercrime is also being recognized as an economic asset.
The Cybercrime, Digital Forensics and Jurisdiction disseminate knowledge for everyone involved with understanding and preventing cybercrime - business entities, private citizens, and government agencies. The book is firmly rooted in the law demonstrating that a viable strategy to confront cybercrime must be international in scope.

Product details

• Authors: Mohame Chawki, Mohamed Chawki, Ashra Darwish, Ashraf Darwish, Mohammad Ayo Khan, Mohammad Ayoub Khan, Sapna Tyagi
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783319151496
• ISBN: 978-3-31-915149-6
• No. of pages: 145
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 15 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 362 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 145 p.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence; Studies in Computational Intelligence
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; B, Law, Sicherheitssysteme und Brandmeldeanlagen, Information Retrieval, engineering, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Computer and Information Systems Applications, Mass Media, Application software, Entertainment & media law, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Computational Intelligence, Internet searching, Security & fire alarm systems, Security Science and Technology, System safety