| Description |
viii, 195 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Internet, crime and society -- Control in cyberspace -- Establishing online community -- Online deviance -- The mechanics of online harmful activity -- Order in cyberspace : punishment, shaming and mediation -- Community, deviance and regulation beyond cyberworlds |
| Summary |
"Amidst the sensationalist claims about the dangers of the Internet Virtually Criminal provides an empirically grounded criminological analysis of deviance and regulation within an online community." "Virtually Criminal is one of the first studies to further our understanding of the causes of cyber deviance, crime and its control. The study takes the Internet as a site of social and cultural (re)production, and acknowledges the importance of online social/cultural formations in the genesis and regulation of cyber deviance and crime."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Computer crimes.
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Deviant behavior.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Social control.
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| LC no. |
2006003789 |
| ISBN |
0415364043 (hard back) |
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0415364051 (paper back) |
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