Policing Digital Crime
by Robin Bryant /
2014 / English / PDF
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By its very nature digital crime may present a number of specific
detection and investigative challenges. The use of steganography to
hide child abuse images for example, can pose the kind of technical
and legislative problems inconceivable just two decades ago. The
volatile nature of much digital evidence can also pose problems,
particularly in terms of the actions of the 'first officer on the
scene'. There are also concerns over the depth of understanding
that 'generic' police investigators may have concerning the
possible value (or even existence) of digitally based evidence.
Furthermore, although it is perhaps a cliché to claim that digital
crime (and cybercrime in particular) respects no national
boundaries, it is certainly the case that a significant proportion
of investigations are likely to involve multinational cooperation,
with all the complexities that follow from this. This
groundbreaking volume offers a theoretical perspective on the
policing of digital crime in the western world. Using numerous
case-study examples to illustrate the theoretical material
introduced this volume examine the organisational context for
policing digital crime as well as crime prevention and detection.
This work is a must-read for all academics, police practitioners
and investigators working in the field of digital crime.
By its very nature digital crime may present a number of specific
detection and investigative challenges. The use of steganography to
hide child abuse images for example, can pose the kind of technical
and legislative problems inconceivable just two decades ago. The
volatile nature of much digital evidence can also pose problems,
particularly in terms of the actions of the 'first officer on the
scene'. There are also concerns over the depth of understanding
that 'generic' police investigators may have concerning the
possible value (or even existence) of digitally based evidence.
Furthermore, although it is perhaps a cliché to claim that digital
crime (and cybercrime in particular) respects no national
boundaries, it is certainly the case that a significant proportion
of investigations are likely to involve multinational cooperation,
with all the complexities that follow from this. This
groundbreaking volume offers a theoretical perspective on the
policing of digital crime in the western world. Using numerous
case-study examples to illustrate the theoretical material
introduced this volume examine the organisational context for
policing digital crime as well as crime prevention and detection.
This work is a must-read for all academics, police practitioners
and investigators working in the field of digital crime.