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Cybercrime Risks and Responses

Eastern and Western Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Russell G. Smith

    1. Australian Institute of Criminology, Australia

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  2. Ray Chak-Chung Cheung

    1. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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  3. Laurie Yiu-Chung Lau

    1. Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society, Hong Kong SAR

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity (PSCYBER)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction: Cybercrime Risks and Responses — Eastern and Western Perspectives

    1. Introduction: Cybercrime Risks and Responses — Eastern and Western Perspectives

      • Russell G. Smith, Ray Chak-Chung Cheung, Laurie Yiu-Chung Lau
      Pages 1-9

  3. Understanding Cybercrime Through Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Trajectories of Cybercrime

      • Russell G. Smith
      Pages 13-34

    3. Ethical, Legal, and Methodological Considerations in Cyber Research: Conducting a Cyber Ethnography of www.bullying.org

      • Barry E. Cartwright
      Pages 35-46

    4. That Cyber Routine, That Cyber Victimization: Profiling Victims of Cybercrime

      • Fernando Miró Llinares
      Pages 47-63

  4. Contemporary Cybercrime Risks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Organized Cybercrime and National Security

      • Peter Grabosky
      Pages 67-80

    3. Internet Fraud in Hong Kong: An Analysis of a Sample of Court Cases

      • Laurie Yiu-Chung Lau
      Pages 81-102

    4. The Role of Spam in Cybercrime: Data from the Australian Cybercrime Pilot Observatory

      • Mamoun Alazab, Roderic Broadhurst
      Pages 103-120

    5. Quantifying Sexually Explicit Language

      • George R. S. Weir
      Pages 121-129

    6. Spreading the Message Digitally: A Look into Extremist Organizations’ Use of the Internet

      • Richard Frank, Martin Bouchard, Garth Davies, Joseph Mei
      Pages 130-145

    7. Criminals in the Cloud: Crime, Security Threats, and Prevention Measures

      • Alice Hutchings, Russell G. Smith, Lachlan James
      Pages 146-162

  5. Industry, Criminal Justice, and Forensic Responses to Cybercrime

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Hong Kong’s Experience in Strengthening the Security Measures of Retail Payment Services

      • Shu-Pui Li
      Pages 165-181

    3. Banking Security: A Hong Kong Perspective

      • Paul Tak Shing Liu
      Pages 182-193

    4. Complicity in Cyberspace: Applying Doctrines of Accessorial Liability to Online Groups

      • Gregor Urbas
      Pages 194-205

    5. Profiling Cybercrime Perpetrators in China and its Policy Countermeasures

      • Darrell Chan, Dawei Wang
      Pages 206-221

  6. Privacy and Freedom Online

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. When Privacy Meets Social Networking Sites — with Special Reference to Facebook

      • Yachi Chiang
      Pages 225-239
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About this book

This book examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and how best to address them. The contributors show how Eastern and Western nations are responding to the challenges of cybercrime, and the latest trends and issues in cybercrime prevention and control.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Australian Institute of Criminology, Australia

    Russell G. Smith

  • City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Ray Chak-Chung Cheung

  • Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society, Hong Kong SAR

    Laurie Yiu-Chung Lau

About the editors

Mamoun Alazab, Australian National University, Australia.  Martin Bouchard, Simon Fraser University, Canada.  Roderic Broadhurst, Australian National University, Australia Barry Cartwright, Simon Fraser University, Canada.  Ray Chak-Chung Cheung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. SAR Lennon Y.C. Chang, Monash University, Australia.  Yachi Chiang, National Taipei University of Technology, Intellectual Property Graduate Institute, Taiwan Darrell Chan, People's Public Security University of China, China.  Garth Davies, Simon Fraser University, Canada Richard Frank, Simon Fraser University, Canada.  Peter Grabosky, Australian National University, Australia.  Alice Hutchings, University of Cambridge, UK Lachlan James, Independent Scholar Laurie Yiu-Chung Lau, Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society Andy K.H. Leung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. SAR Shu-Pui Li, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong SAR Paul Tak Shing Liu, Ritzy Research Institute Limited, Hong Kong SAR Alana Maurushat, University of New South Wales, Australia Fernando Miró, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain Charles Mok, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. SAR Russell G. Smith, Australian Institute of Criminology, Australia.  Gregor Urbas, University of Canberra, Australia Dawei Wang, People's Public Security University of China, China.  George Weir, University of Strathclyde, UK.

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