
The Darknet and Smarter Crime
Methods for Investigating Criminal Entrepreneurs and the Illicit Drug Economy
Angus Bancroft(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 11. November 2019
Book
Hardback
XIV, 235 pages
978-3-030-26511-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book draws on research into darknet cryptomarkets to examine themes of cybercrime, cybersecurity, illicit markets and drug use. Cybersecurity is increasingly seen as essential yet it is also a point of contention between citizens, states, non-governmental organisations and private corporations as each grapples with existing and developing technologies. The increased importance of privacy online has sparked concerns about the loss of confidentiality and autonomy in the face of state and corporate surveillance on one hand, and the creation of ungovernable spaces and the facilitation of terrorism and harassment on the other. These differences and disputes highlight the dual nature of the internet: allowing counter-publics to emerge and providing opportunities for state and corporate domination through control of the data infrastructure.
The Darknet and Smarter Crime argues that, far from being a dangerous anarchist haven, the darknet and the technologies used within it could have benefits and significance for everyone online. This book engages with a number of debates about the internet and new communication technologies, including: surveillance and social control, anonymity and privacy, the uses and abuses of data encryption technologies and cyber-cultures and collective online identities
The Darknet and Smarter Crime argues that, far from being a dangerous anarchist haven, the darknet and the technologies used within it could have benefits and significance for everyone online. This book engages with a number of debates about the internet and new communication technologies, including: surveillance and social control, anonymity and privacy, the uses and abuses of data encryption technologies and cyber-cultures and collective online identities
Reviews / Votes
"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)
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Series
Edition
2020 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 farbige Abbildungen, 1 s/w Abbildung
XIV, 235 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
443 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-26511-3 (9783030265113)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-26512-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Methods for Investigating Criminal Entrepreneurs and the Illicit Drug Economy
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Methods for Investigating Criminal Entrepreneurs and the Illicit Drug Economy
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Person
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).
Content
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.