With Crime in the Digital Age, Peter Grabosky and Russell G. Smith offer advice on the criminal opportunities that accompany the latest technological changes in telecommunications.
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With Crime in the Digital Age, Peter Grabosky and Russell G. Smith offer advice on the criminal opportunities that accompany the latest technological changes in telecommunications.
When this book was first published in 2001, the convergence of communications and computing had begun to transform Western industrial societies. Increasing connectivity was accompanied by unprecedented opportunities for crimes of acquisition. The fundamental principle of criminology is that crime follows opportunity, and opportunities for theft abound in the digital age. Electronic Theft named, described and analysed the range of electronic and digital theft, and constituted the first major survey of the field. The authors covered a broad list of electronic misdemeanours, including extortion, defrauding governments, telephone fraud, securities fraud, deceptive advertising and other business practices, industrial espionage, intellectual property crimes, and the misappropriation and unauthorised use of personal information. They were able to capture impressively large amounts of data internationally from both scholarly and professional sources. The book posed and attempted to answer some of the pressing questions to do with national sovereignty and enforceability of laws in 2001.
As computer-related crime becomes more important globally, both scholarly and journalistic accounts tend to focus on the ways in which the crime has been committed and how it could have been prevented. Very little has been written about what follows: the capture, possible extradition, prosecution, sentencing and incarceration of the cyber criminal. Originally published in 2004, this book provides an international study of the manner in which cyber criminals are dealt with by the judicial process. It is a sequel to the groundbreaking Electronic Theft: Unlawful Acquisition in Cyberspace by Grabosky, Smith and Dempsey (Cambridge University Press, 2001). Some of the most prominent cases from around the world are presented in an attempt to discern trends in the handling of cases, and common factors and problems that emerge during the processes of prosecution, trial and sentencing.
The rapid mobility of people, money, information, ideas and commodities in the world today has provided new opportunities for crime, and new challenges for law enforcement agencies. Grabosky reviews some of the major themes of crime and crime control in today's small world. He observes that linkages between events and institutions overseas and at home are inevitable, and will proliferate. As this is likely only to increase, he discusses policy implications for crime control in a global village.
Fraud, like other crime, can best be explained by three factors: a supply of motivated offenders, the availability of suitable targets and the absence of capable guardians-control systems or someone "to mind the store", so to speak (Cohen & Felson 1979).In this, the first of two papers, the authors focus on motivation and other psychological aspects of fraud. They identify a number of psychological correlates of fraud offending, but note that these are by no means unique to fraud, and do not necessarily differentiate fraudsters from law-abiding citizens. The other two factors, opportunities and guardianship, provide more scope for fraud control and are addressed in a companion paper on "red flags", or situational indicia, of fraud risk.
This paper summarises a current research project at the Australian Institute of Criminology which is exploring risks and countermeasures relating to the use of telecommunications as the instrument and/or target of crime. Issues discussed include theft of telecommunications services, criminal conspiracies, theft of intellectual property, dissemination of offensive material, electronic money laundering, electronic vandalism, telemarketing fraud, illegal interception, electronic funds transfer fraud, law enforcement, and countermeasures.
Despite decades of policy experimentation, the ultimate goal of efficient and effective environmental regulation has continued to elude policy-makers and regulatory theorists. The less than satisfactory performance of both government and market approaches to environmental protection has led tothe introduction of a broader range of policy mechanisms, such as education, information-based strategies, economic instruments and self-regulation. Yet these various policy instruments are usually treated as alternatives to one another rather than as complementary. Drawing from studies in North America, Europe and Australia, the authors show how the design of complementary combinations of policy instruments, tailored to particular environmental goals and circumstances, will produce more effective and efficient policy outcomes. They also confront the criticalproblem of how, at a time of fiscal constraint and small government, environmental policy might still be designed in ways that improve outcomes both for the environment and for business.
The ways in which non-governmental institutions may contribute to law enforcement are discussed. Issues include delegation of authority, citizen responsibility, record-keeping and disclosure, cooperation with private interests, incentives, contracting out, accountability, market failure, conflict of interest, transformation of social relations, erosion of civic commitment, and lack of policy coherence. (An expanded version of this paper appears in Transnational crime : a new security threat?, edited by John Ciccarelli, Australian Defence Studies Centre, 1996)
Building on an earlier Trends and Issues paper, "The Psychology of Fraud" (No. 199), this paper identifies warning signals for fraud, and proposes some preventive or pre- emptive action. Four fraud types are examined: entrepreneurial fraud; client or employee fraud; direct interpersonal fraud (face-to-face); and indirect mass fraud. Examples of each of these are evident in our daily lives and there are often warning signals. Not all of these "warning signals" are necessarily precursors to fraud, but it should be noted that the most productive investment in fraud control is likely to involve strategies which reduce opportunity and enhance guardianship. The setting or context in which fraud may occur can be more or less conducive to offending. This paper aims to enhance our understanding of the situational elements of fraud risk, to permit the design of effective fraud control systems.
Corruption has afflicted Australian public life to varying degrees for the past two centuries. This paper provides an overview of corruption in Australia. It outlines its basic forms, explains why corruption occurs, and spells out what Australian governments and the private sector have done, and can do, to reduce the level of corruption in society.
Results from a national sample provide data on the incidence of alcohol related disorder or crime committed over the past 12 months. Those involved tend to be young and male, and report either consuming alcohol at harmful levels or being binge drinkers.The focus of this paper is on those individuals who are perpetrators rather than victims of such activity. The extent to which individuals have been both victims and perpetrators are also examined.
Transnational crime constitutes a challenge for even the most advanced industrial nations. The Pacific Islands are culturally, educationally and socially diverse, geographically isolated and sparsely populated. There is a degree of heterogeneity in their respective levels of governance, corruption and law enforcement capacity. Economic weaknesses and their impact upon infrastructure, poverty and general instability may increase the attractiveness of the islands to transnational crime. This paper explores the nature and quality of the available evidence concerning the issues of trafficking in drugs, people, arms and wildlife, corruption, money laundering, identity and electronic crime and terrorism. It concludes that the development of effective law enforcement and criminal justice infrastructure must be achieved within the broader context of continued improvements in economic, social and governance issues. To be able to respond in a timely and informed manner, it remains crucial for further research on transnational crime in the region to be undertaken.
Some of the major themes covered in a recent roundtable and conference on electronic gambling are highlighted in this paper. It explores the proliferation of Internet gambling, its potential benefits, and its risks. The paper is intended to inform policy makers and members of the public about rapid developments in gambling technology so that these developments may be managed in the best interests of all Australians.
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