Cybercrimes: A Multidisciplinary Analysis

By Sumit Ghosh

Book Overview

Designed to serve as a reference work for practitioners, academics, and scholars worldwide, this book is the first of its kind to explain complex cybercrimes from the perspectives of multiple disciplines (computer science, law, economics, psychology, etc.) and scientifically analyze their impact on individuals, society, and nations holistically and comprehensively. In particular, the book shows: How multiple disciplines concurrently bring out the complex, subtle, and elusive nature of cybercrimes How cybercrimes will affect every human endeavor, at the level of individuals, societies, and nations How to legislate proactive cyberlaws, building on a fundamental grasp of computers and networking, and stop reacting to every new cyberattack How conventional laws and traditional thinking fall short in protecting us from cybercrimes How we may be able to transform the destructive potential of cybercrimes into amazing innovations in cyberspace that can lead to explosive technological growth and prosperity

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642135463
• ISBN13: 9783642135460
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"