Angus Bancroft is Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Edinburgh, UK. His current research interests are cyber-security, illicit markets and views of darknet users. He is the author of three previous books: Dead White Men and Other Important People (Palgrave, 2016); Drugs, Intoxication and Society (Cambridge Polity, 2009); and Roma and Gypsy-Travellers in Europe: Modernity, Race, Space and Exclusion (Avebury Ashgate, 2005).

“This useful reference brings together various facets of digital crime and their connections with offline behavior, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the success of cryptomarkets as the choice platform for online drug markets.” (Phoram Mehta, Computing Reviews, February 25, 2021)

• 1. Overview of The Book.- 2. Crime Is As Smart and As Dumb As The Internet.- 3. How Cryptomarkets Work.- 4. Fracturing Research In Splintering Digital Environments.- 5. Illicit Trades Are Political Economies.- 6. The Cultural Drug-Crime Confection.- 7. Cybercrime Is Not Always Rational, but It Is Reasonable.- 8. Managing Relationships in Digital Crime.- 9. How Knowledge about Drugs Is Produced In Cryptomarkets.- 10. Risk Structuring.- 11. Technology Does Not Confer Security and Transparency Does Not Confer Safety.- 12: Why Digital Crime Works.

Angus Bancroft is Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Edinburgh, UK. His current research interests are cyber-security, illicit markets and views of darknet users. He is the author of three previous books: Dead White Men and Other Important People (Palgrave, 2016); Drugs, Intoxication and Society (Cambridge Polity, 2009); and Roma and Gypsy-Travellers in Europe: Modernity, Race, Space and Exclusion (Avebury Ashgate, 2005).

“This useful reference brings together various facets of digital crime and their connections with offline behavior, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the success of cryptomarkets as the choice platform for online drug markets.” (Phoram Mehta, Computing Reviews, February 25, 2021)

• 1. Overview of The Book.- 2. Crime Is As Smart and As Dumb As The Internet.- 3. How Cryptomarkets Work.- 4. Fracturing Research In Splintering Digital Environments.- 5. Illicit Trades Are Political Economies.- 6. The Cultural Drug-Crime Confection.- 7. Cybercrime Is Not Always Rational, but It Is Reasonable.- 8. Managing Relationships in Digital Crime.- 9. How Knowledge about Drugs Is Produced In Cryptomarkets.- 10. Risk Structuring.- 11. Technology Does Not Confer Security and Transparency Does Not Confer Safety.- 12: Why Digital Crime Works.

Angus Bancroft is Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Edinburgh, UK. His current research interests are cyber-security, illicit markets and views of darknet users. He is the author of three previous books: Dead White Men and Other Important People (Palgrave, 2016); Drugs, Intoxication and Society (Cambridge Polity, 2009); and Roma and Gypsy-Travellers in Europe: Modernity, Race, Space and Exclusion (Avebury Ashgate, 2005).

“This useful reference brings together various facets of digital crime and their connections with offline behavior, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the success of cryptomarkets as the choice platform for online drug markets.” (Phoram Mehta, Computing Reviews, February 25, 2021)

• 1. Overview of The Book.- 2. Crime Is As Smart and As Dumb As The Internet.- 3. How Cryptomarkets Work.- 4. Fracturing Research In Splintering Digital Environments.- 5. Illicit Trades Are Political Economies.- 6. The Cultural Drug-Crime Confection.- 7. Cybercrime Is Not Always Rational, but It Is Reasonable.- 8. Managing Relationships in Digital Crime.- 9. How Knowledge about Drugs Is Produced In Cryptomarkets.- 10. Risk Structuring.- 11. Technology Does Not Confer Security and Transparency Does Not Confer Safety.- 12: Why Digital Crime Works.