Against Cybercrime: Toward a Realist Criminology of Computer Crime

This book advances a theoretically informed realist criminology of computer crime. Looking beyond current strategies of online crime control, this book argues for a new sort of policy that addresses the root causes of computer crime and criminality, reduces the harms experienced by the victims of such crimes, and does not unduly contribute to state and corporate power and surveillance.

Drawing both on the proponents of realist criminology and on those who have leveled critiques of the approa...