This groundbreaking text examines for the first time the nature and consequences of crime on the internet, and analyses the new challenges that cybercrimes pose to the criminal justice system.

Ken Pease, Peter Grabosky and Russell Smith, Mike Levi, Paul Taylor, Bela Chatterjee, Marjorie Heins, Yaman Akdeniz, Louise Ellison, Matt Williams, Paul Norman, Clive Walkeri

1. Introduction - Crime and the Internet David Wall 2. Crime Futures: the challenge of crime in the information age Ken Pease 3. Telecommunication Fraud in the Digital Age: the converging of technologies Peter Grabosky and
Russell Smith 4. Between the Risk and the Reality Falls
the Shadow: evidence and urban legends in computer fraud Michael Levi 5. Hacktivism: in search of lost ethics? 6. Last of the Rainmacs? Thinking about pornography in cyberspace Bela Bomita Chatterjee 67. Criminalising Online Speech to 'protect' the Young: what are the benefits and costs? Marjorie Heins 8. Controlling Illegal and Harmful
Content on the Internet- Yaman Akendiz 9. Cyber-stalking: tackling harassment in the internet Louise Ellison 10. The Language of Cybercrime Matt Williams 11. Maintaining Order and Law on the Internet David Wall 12. Policing Hi-tech Crime in the Global Context: the role of trans-national policy networks Paul Norman 13. The Criminal Courts On-line Clive Walker Index