Description
Book SynopsisThis edited collection presents current research dealing with crime involving information and communications technologies in the months immediately before, during and following the coronavirus pandemic since 2019. Information and communications technologies played a pivotal role during the pandemic in communicating information across the globe on the risks and responses to the pandemic but also in providing opportunities for various forms of illegality. This volume describes the nature and extent of such illegality, its connection to the pandemic and how digital technologies can assist in solving not only the health crisis but also the associated crime problems. The contributors are established academic scholars and policy practitioners in the fields of cybercrime and computer forensics. This book provides a ready source of content including technological solutions to cybercrime, legal and legislative responses, crime prevention initiatives and policy discussions dealing with the most critical issues present during and following the pandemic.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Introduction: Crime in the post-pandemic digital age
Chapter 2 – Pandemics and illegal manipulation of digital technologies: Examining cause and effect in a time of COVID-19
Chapter 3 – Pandemics and fraud: Learning from the coronavirus pandemic and its antecedents
Chapter 4 – The human element of online consumer scams arising from the
coronavirus pandemic
Chapter 5 – State-sponsored economic espionage in cyberspace: Risks and preparedness during and after the pandemic
Chapter 6 – Virtual kidnapping: Online scams with ‘Asian characteristics’ during the pandemic
Lennon Yao-Chung Chang, You Zhou and Duc Huy Phan
Chapter 7 – Lessons in a time of pestilence. The relevance of international cybercrime conventions to controlling post-pandemic cybercrime
Chapter 8 – Domestic laws governing post-pandemic crime and criminal justice
Chapter 9 – Perspectives on policing post-pandemic cybercrime
Chapter 10 – Digital criminal courts: The place or space of (post-)pandemic justice
Chapter 11 – Online messaging as a cybercrime prevention tool in the post-pandemic age
Chapter 12 – Artificial intelligence, COVID-19, and crime: Charting the origins and expansion of dystopian and utopian narratives
Chapter 13 – Conclusions: Minimising crime risks in pandemics of the future
