Full Description
As social networking continues to evolve and expand, the opportunities for deviant and criminal behavior have multiplied. Social Networking as a Criminal Enterprise explores how new avenues for social networking criminality have affected our criminal justice system.
With insight from field experts, this book examines:
The history of social networking and the process of developing an online identity
Schools of criminological theory and how they relate to criminality on social networking websites
Forms of criminal behavior that can be performed utilizing social networking websites
Criminality via texting, identity theft, and hacking
Adolescents as offenders and victims in cyberbullying and digital piracy
Online sexual victimization, including child pornography and sexual solicitation of youth
The book concludes by discussing law enforcement's response, including new techniques and training, type of evidence, and use of experts. It also discusses how the corrections system has been affected by these types of offenders.
Discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage critical thinking and case studies help place the material in context. Ideal for students and scholars, the book offers a comprehensive examination of how the emergence of social networking has affected criminality online, and how it has impacted the criminal justice system.
Contents
Understanding the Social Network. History of Social Networking. Creating Identity on Social Network Sites. Social Networks and Crime: Applying Criminological Theories. Types of Social Working Criminality. Texting and Social Networks. Identity Theft and Social Networks. Wall Posts and Tweets and Blogs, Oh My! A Look at Cyberbullying via Social Media. Understanding Digital Piracy Using Social Networks: An Integrated Theory Approach. Patterns of Sexual Victimization of Children and Women in the Multipurpose Social Networking Sites. Case Study: Advancing Research on Hackers Through Social Network Data. The Criminal Justice System and Social Networking. Further Examining Officer Perceptions and Support for Online Community Policing. Prosecution and Social Media. Corrections and Social Networking Websites. Index.
