Superhighway Robbery

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This book, written by two leading authorities in the field, provides a systematic application of concepts of situational crime prevention to internet and e-commerce crime, exploring ways in which concepts of crime prevention developed in other contexts can be fruitfully applied in this new environment. Their argument is that situational crime prevention works, and is ideally suited to proving the means of developing measures to combat rapidly growing e-commerce crime. Chapters in the book seek …

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Title Statements

Full title :Superhighway Robbery.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (241 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781843924876, 1843924870
oclc:ocn880715519
LC Classification:HV6773
Dewey Decimal:364.168

Cover; Superhighway Robbery: Preventing e-commerce crime; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Gloria Laycock; Preface; Chapter 1 Situational crime prevention in the information society; Situational crime prevention; Virtual situations?; Opportunity structure and social structure; Situational culture; Enduring qualities of situations; Situations as precipitators of crime; Overview of the book; A note on method; Notes; Chapter 2 The e-commerce environment; The trust that binds; Precursors to e-commerce; Basic features of e-commerce; Customer identity; Monitoring, tracking and surveillance.

GlobalisationTrust, again; The e-commerce value chain; The growth of e-commerce; Conclusion: it's information; Notes; Chapter 3 E-commerce as the target of crime; Where is the money?; Types of information in the e-commerce environment; Ownership of information and criminal motivation; Where's the target?; Crimes of the information age; Criminogenic attributes of the computing environment; Notes; Chapter 4 Information as a hot product; CRAVED information; Note; Chapter 5 Risk analysis of online shopping; Methods of payment; The parties involved; Product delivery; Conclusions; Notes.

Chapter 6 Reduci…