Investigating Digital Crimeis an accessible introduction to the relationship between the parallel growth of new digital technologies and their criminal exploitation. The book examines the reaction of the criminal justice system, both in terms of the general legislative context but also from the perspective of law enforcement, and provides a clear account of the different forms of digital crime. In order to enhance student understanding, this book includes a detailed description and analysis of digital crimes such as smart card crime, cyber crimes and telecommunication crimes in relation to a number of theoretical perspectives. The book clearly identifies the relationship between developments in digital technologies and changes in criminal behaviour.

Numerous case studies are provided throughout, with examples from the UK, other European nations and the US illustrating both the theoretical perspectives offered and the associated investigative context. Opening with an introduction to the challenges of new technology crime and background to the phenomena, the book then moves on to discuss the legislative context, for example, the interception of email and its use as evidence in court. The latter half of the book examines a range of new technology crimes, from the illegal modification of games consoles and mobile phones, through to new forms of identity theft, card crime and the use of new technology by sex offenders.

Preface

List of Contributors

Robin Bryant

  The Challenge of Digital Crime

Robin Bryant

1.1 Technotogy and crime

1.2 Anatogue and digitat

1.3 The growth of digitattechnotogies

1.4 Key features of digitat crime

1.5 Growth and devetopment of digital crime

1.6 A new criminotogy?

    Questions

    References

2 The Legislative Context for Digital Crime

Tracey Stevens

2.1 Internationat initiatives to combat digital crime

2.2 Legal initiatives in the UK to combat digita[ crime

    Questions

    References

  InvestigaUng Digital Crime

Ian Kennedy

3.1 Digitat evidence

3.2 How a digitat device becomes involved in a crime

3.3 Forensic examination in practice

3.4 Professionat accreditation

3.5 Digitat evidence in the courts

3.6 Ethical issues

3.7 Professional development for digital forensics

    Questions

    References

4 Countering Cybercrime

Denis Edgar-Nevill and Paul Stephens

4.1 Recognising digital crime as something new

4.2 The inadequacy of existing law

4.3 What is cybercrime?

4.4 Legislation and law enforcement

4.5 Challenges

4.6 Individual responsibilities

    Questions

    References

5 Encryption

Dave O'Reilly and Paul Stephens

5.1 Keys and passwords

5.2 Encrypted hard drives

5.3 Emai[ encryption

5.4 VolP

5.5 Wireless local area networks

5.6 Encryption and investigation

    Questions

    References

  IPR and Technological Protection Measures

Paul Stephens

6.1 Copyright

6.2 IPR in practice

6.3 Open source alternatives

    Questions

    References

7 Plastic Card Crime

 Robin Bryant and Paul Stephens

 7.1 Plastic cards

 7.2 Card crime

 7.3 Investigating card crime

     Questions

     References

  Tetecommunications Fraud

  3oe Carthy, Tahar Kechadi and Paul Gillen

  8.1 Tetecommunication systems and services

  8.2 Tetecommunications crime

  8.3 The Convention on Cybercrime

  8.4 TeLecommunications investigations

     Questions

     References

 9 Identity and Identity Theft

  Angus Marshall and Paul Stephens

  9.1 Concepts of identity

  9.2 Recognition and recognisabitity

  9.3 Authority and authorisation

  9.4 Recognition and authority in the digital wortd

  9.5 Obtaining information through social engineering

  9.6 ID Fraud in practice

  9.7 Investigating identity theft

     Questions

     References

10 Internet Grooming and Paedophite Crimes

  Denis Edgar-Nevill

  10.1 Pre-digitat paedophile crime

  10.2 The internet and paedophite crimes

  10.3 A brief history

  10.4 Recent initiatives to combat internet child pornography

  10.5 The internet grooming process

     Questions

     References

11 Digitatisation and Crime

 Robin Bryant and Paul Stephens

 11.1 MobiLe phones

 11.2 Games consoles

 11.3 Money laundering

 11.4 Pharmaceutical drugs

     Questions

     References

12 Criminotogical and Motivationat Perspectives

 Robin Bryant and Angus Marshall

 12.1 Cfiminotoqical perspectives

  12.2 Motivational perspectives

  12.3 Cyberprofiling

     Questions

     References

Index