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Offers a unique criminological analysis into the phenomenon of selling of illicit medicines online
Draws on over two years of empirically-grounded fieldwork to support conclusions
Pushes forward debate on the relationship between mutating criminological activity and digital technologies
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides a timely criminological investigation into the rapidly growing sale of fake medicines online. Some estimates suggest that the fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana and prostitution as the world's largest market for criminal traffickers. This increase has been particularly apparent in the context of various evolutionary phases in information and communications technologies, and the Internet now acts as the main avenue through which this criminal market is expanding. Thus far – despite growing concern and media attention – this extensive, extremely profitable, and ultimately life-threatening online market is yet to be fully explored. Drawing on the authors' own criminological investigation of both the supply and demand sides in the United Kingdom, this study offers the first in-depth and empirically-grounded analysis of the online trade in illicit medicines. Founded on rigorous research, and bolstering a rich area for debate, this book will be of particular interest for scholars of criminology and technology studies.
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Authors and Affiliations
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School of Social Sciences Business and Law, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Alexandra Hall, Georgios A. Antonopoulos
About the authors
Alexandra Hall is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Business and Law, Teesside University, UK.
Georgios A. Antonopoulos is Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Business and Law, Teesside University, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fake Meds Online
Book Subtitle: The Internet and the Transnational Market in Illicit Pharmaceuticals
Authors: Alexandra Hall, Georgios A. Antonopoulos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57088-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57087-1Published: 10 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57088-8Published: 25 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 144
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cybercrime, Crime and Society