Cybercriminology

Marie-Helen Maras is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Cybercriminology is a concise examination of all aspects of cybercrime, how such crimes are committed, who commits them, and the impact they have on society and technology. It is a well-written criminologist study of each component of cybercrime.

• PART 1. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CYBERCRIME; CHAPTER 1. CYBERCRIME AND CYBERCRIMINALS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYBERCRIMINOLOGY; CYBERCRIME: THE BASICS; CYBERCRIME CATEGORIES; THE FIELD OF CYBERCRIMINOLOGY; CHAPTER 2. MEASURING CYBERCRIME; UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM; NATIONAL INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM; NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY; OTHER NATIONAL VICTIMIZATION SURVEYS; SELF-REPORT SURVEY; NATIONAL COMPUTER SECURITY SURVEY; OTHER BUSINESS SURVEYS; INTERNATIONAL MEASUREMENTS OF CYBERCRIME; CHAPTER 3. CYBERVICTIMIZATION; BEING A CYBERVICTIM AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS; VICTIMIZATION THEORIES; PART 2. CYBERCRIME CAUSATION AND REDUCTION; CHAPTER 4. CYBERCRIME, RATIONAL CHOICE, AND EMOTIONS: PUNISHMENT AND REDUCTION OF CYBEROFFENDING; THE REASONING CYBERCRIMINAL; SEDUCTIONS AND REPULSIONS OF CYBERCRIME; PUNISHING CYBERCRIMINALS; REDUCING CYBERCRIME; CHAPTER 5. CYBERCRIME AND THE PROPENSITY TO OFFEND; THE POSITIVIST SCHOOL AND TRAIT THEORIES; THE INTELLIGENCE OF CYBERCRIMINALS AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CYBERCRIME: THE NEW POSITIVISTS; INTERNET ADDICTION AND CYBERCRIME; CHAPTER 6. CYBERCRIME, CULTURE, AND INEQUALITY; CHICAGO SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY; ANOMIE THEORY; INSTITUTIONAL ANOMIE THEORY; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION THEORY; GENERAL STRAIN THEORY; CULTURAL DEVIANCE THEORIES; CHAPTER 7. CONFORMITY, LEARNING, AND SOURCES OF SOCIAL CONTROL; CONTROLLING CYBERCRIMINALITY; LEARNING CYBERCRIMINALITY; NEUTRALIZING CYBEROFFENSES; MORAL DISENGAGEMENT; DISINHIBITION, DEINDIVIDUATION, AND ANONYMITY; DEVELOPMENTAL AND LIFE-COURSE CYBERCRIMINOLOGY; CHAPTER 8. CONSTRUCTING AND REACTING TO CYBERCRIME: LABELING AND MORAL PANICS; LABELING CYBERCRIMINALS; SHAMING, CENSORSHIP, AND DEFIANCE; CYBERCRIMINALS AS "THE OTHERS"; CHAPTER 9. CONFLICT CYBERCRIMINOLOGY: CYBERCRIME, POWER, AND GENDER; MARXIST CRIMINOLOGY; LEFT REALISM; PEACEMAKING CRIMINOLOGY; FEMINIST CRIMINOLOGY; #GAMERGATE; PART 3. CYBERCRIME TYPOLOGIES; CHAPTER 10. INTERPERSONAL CYBERCRIME; INTERNET TROLLS; CYBERSTALKING; CYBERHARASSMENT; CYBERBULLYING; SEXTORTION; ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL PREDATION; SEXTING; CONTROLLING INTERPERSONAL CYBERCRIME; CHAPTER 11. CYBERTRESPASS, CYBERVANDALISM, AND CYBERTHEFT; CYBERTRESPASS AND CYBERVANDALISM; CYBERTHEFT; CONTROLLING CYBERTRESPASS, CYBERVANDALISM, AND CYBERTHEFT; CHAPTER 12. DEVIANT CYBERACTS AND PUBLIC ORDER CYBERCRIMES: PARAPHILIA, PROSTITUTION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND GAMBLING; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY; CYBERDEVIANCE; PUBLIC ORDER CYBERCRIMES; CONTROLLING CYBERDEVIANCE AND PUBLIC ORDER CYBERCRIMES; CHAPTER 13. ORGANIZED CYBERCRIME; ORGANIZED CYBERCRIME: AN INTRODUCTION; ACTIVITIES OF ORGANIZED CYBERCRIMINALS; DRUG TRAFFICKING; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; FIREARMS TRAFFICKING; CIGARETTE TRAFFICKING; WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING; CONTROLLING ORGANIZED CYBERCRIME; CHAPTER 14. POLITICAL CYBERCRIME; TYPES OF POLITICAL CYBERCRIME; CONTROLLING POLITICAL CYBERCRIME