* CONTENTS

* Preface and Acknowledgements

* List of Tables and Figures

* 1 Introduction

* 2 Understanding crime in the information age:

* What are cybercrimes and what do we know about them?

* 3 Cyberspace and the transformation of criminal activity:

* How have networked technologies changed opportunities for criminal activity?

* 4 Computer integrity crime: Hacking, cracking and denial of service

* How has criminal activity changed in the information age? -
Part 1

* 5 Computer assisted crime: Virtual robberies, scams and thefts

* How has criminal activity changed in the information age? -
Part 2

* 6 Computer content crime: Pornography, violence, offensive communications

* How has criminal activity changed in the information age? -
Part 3

* 7 Cybercrime futures: The automation of offender-victim engagement

* How is criminal activity continuing to change in the information age?

* 8 Policing online behaviour: Order and law on the cyberbeat

* How is cyberspace policed and by whom?

* 9 Controlling and preventing cybercrime

* How are cybercrimes to be regulated and prevented?

* 10 Conclusions: The transformation of crime in the information age

* Cases and References

* Glossary

* Index