This book comprises an international study of the manner in which cyber criminals are currently handled by the judicial system. As computer-related crime becomes more important globally, both scholarly and journalistic accounts tend to focus on the ways in which the crime has been committed and how it could have been prevented. Very little has been written about the capture, possible extradition, prosecution, sentencing and incarceration of the cyber criminal--until now.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Defining and measuring cyber crime; 3. The prosecutor as gatekeeper; 4. Cross-border issues; 5. Strategies of cyber crime litigation; 6. The quest for harmonisation of cyber crime laws; 7. Judicial punishment in cyberspace; 8. Sentencing cyber criminals; 9. Conclusions; Appendix A: Case summaries; Appendix B: Selected legislative summaries.
Prize Winner
2005 Winner of the American Society of Criminology International Division, Distinguished Book Award
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