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Zusatztext ‘This book brings together a team of world-leading scholars to assess the ever increasing impact of technological development upon crime and justice. Extending their gaze well beyond the digital realm to include mechanical, chemical and biological technologies, these exemplary essays offer invaluable insights into just how significantly technologies are reshaping the contours of criminal activity and its control. This is a hugely important resource for anyone seeking to understand the contemporary contours of global crime.’ Majid Yar, Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University, UK 'This is truly an exceptional book. Technology plays a vital role in shaping how we understand and respond to the problem of crime, and this new collection by McGuire and Holt provides a comprehensive and fascinating account of area often overlooked by criminal justice system scholarship. Highly recommended.' Benjamin Goold, Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada 'Michael McGuire and Thomas Holt have put together an impressive collection of essays on how technological change has transformed crime, crime control and justice. Rich, diverse, and informative, in 39 chapters the Handbook covers a huge range of topics, with contributions from both emerging and distinguished scholars from different disciplines. The volume reflects a genuine desire to cover the field comprehensively, focusing not only on ICT, but also a variety of other technologies such as chemical and biological, DNA and forensics, as well as visual, weapon, transport and nano science. It does so in a way that is both delightfully accessible and theoretically informed.' Janet Chan, Professor at UNSW Law, Key Researcher at the Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre (D2D CRC), and Associate Director of the Australian Centre for Cyber Security, UNSW, Australia Informationen zum Autor M. R. McGuire is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey, UK. Thomas J. Holt is Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, USA. Klappentext This book brings together leading international scholars and offers the first comprehensive and holistic overview of global research on technology, crime and the contemporary criminal justice process Zusammenfassung This book brings together leading international scholars and offers the first comprehensive and holistic overview of global research on technology, crime and the contemporary criminal justice process Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I Technology, Crime and Justice: Theory and History 1. Theorizing Technology and its Role in Crime and Law Enforcement 2. Technology Crime and Technology Control: Contexts and History Part II Technology, Crime and Harm Section 1 Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Digital Crime 3. The Evolving Landscape of Technology-Dependent Crime 4. Technology and Fraud: The 'Fraudogenic' Consequences of the Internet Revolution 5. ICTs and Child Sexual Offending: Exploitation Through Indecent Images 6. ICTs and Sexuality 7. ICTs and Interpersonal Violence 8. Online Pharmacies and Technology Crime 9. The Theft of Ideas as a Cybercrime: Downloading and Changes in the Business Model of Creative Arts 10. ICTS, Privacy and the (Criminal) Misuse of Data Section 2 Chemical and Biological Technologies and Crime 11. Crime and Chemical Production 12. Pharmatechnologies and the Ills of Medical Progress 13. Bioengineering and Biocrime Keynote Discussion 14. Technology, Environmental Harm and Green Criminology Section 3 Wider Varieties of Technology Crime 15. Guns, Technology and Crime 16. Crime, Transport and Technology 17. Food Fraud and Food Fraud Detection Technologies 18. Consumer Technologies, Crime and Environment Implications Keynote Discussion: Technology, Crime and Harm 19. Evaluating Tech...
