Cyber Safety

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Part 1: Introductory Ref lections
1. Cyberspace and safety
1.1 Prologue: a brief sociological analysis of the origin of cyberspace
1.2 Cyberspace
1.3 Cyber safety and cyber crime
1.4 The relationship between the internet and safety
1.5 A balance?
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2. The Internet: Historical and Technical Background
2.1 A brief history of the internet
2.2 A brief technical background of the internet
2.3 Technical components building the internet
2.4 Applications and services
2.5 Web browsers
2.6 Structure and growth of the internet
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3. Sociological and Criminological Theories in the Information Era
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theorising the information era
3.3 Criminological accounts of cyber-society
3.4 The information society: implications for cyber security
3.5 Conclusion
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4. The Development of International Legal Instruments
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Cyber crime Convention 2001
4.3 Convention of Lanzarote 2007
4.4 Examples of implementation
4.5 Summary and conclusion
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5. Privacy
5.1 Privacy: a fundamental right
5.2 Privacy: a fundamental right
5.3 The future of privacy
5.4 Conclusions
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6. Digitisation and the Orwellian Society
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Orwell’s 1984... and more
6.3 Beyond Orwell: the theory of technological enforcement
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Part 2: Cyber crimes
7. Hacking
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Types of hackers
7.3 Offender characteristics
7.4 Modus operandi of hackers
7.5 Scope
7.6 Trends
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8. E-Fraud
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Main categories of e-fraud
8.3 Amount of e-fraud crimes
8.4 Offender characteristics
8.5 Victims of e-fraud
8.6 Trends
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9. Child Pornography
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Penalisation
9.3 Forms of child pornography and images
9.4 Scope and distribution methods
9.5 Distributors
9.6 Child pornography offenders (the downloaders)
9.7 Trends
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10. Unauthorised File Sharing
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Legal and regulatory context
10.3 Profiles and motivations of file sharers
10.4 Conclusion
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11. Cyberwar
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Defining cyberwar
11.3 What is the difference between cyberwar, cyber crime and cyberespionage?
11.4 Cyberwar as a legal concept
11.5 Concluding remarks
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12. Basic Cybercriminal Techniques & Techniques to Cause Damage
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Basic techniques
12.3 Social engineering
12.4 Shielding techniques
12.5 Botnet
12.6 Techniques to cause damage
12.7 Distributed Denial of Service attacks
12.8 Defacing
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13. Criminal Techniques to Steal Information
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Phishing
13.3 Spyware
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Part 3: Youth and Cyber Safety
14. Adolescents Receiving Online Sexual Solicitations
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Delineation of online sexual solicitation in research
14.3 Delineation of online sexual solicitation in criminal law
14.4 The prevalence of online sexual solicitation
14.5 Perpetrators: views and facts
14.6 Victims: views and facts
14.7 Discussion
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15. Youth and Sexually Explicit Internet Material: Exposure and Effects
15.1 Introduction
15.2 SEIM: context, concept and content
15.3 Exposure to SEIM
15.4 The effects of SEIM from a theoretical perspective
15.5 Research on the effects of SEIM regarding sexuality and gender
15.6 Discussion
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16. Cyberbullying: Defining, Understanding and Intervening
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Definitions
16.3 Forms
16.4 Prevalence of cyberbullying
16.5 Roles in cyberbullying
16.6 Conclusion: which interventions to consider
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17. The Perils and Pleasures of Playing Videogames
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Who plays what?
17.3 The perils of playing
17.4 The pleasures and benefits of play
17.5 Conclusions
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Part 4: Internet & Regulation
18. Fighting Cyber Crime: an Integral Approach
18.1 Introduction
18.2 The forward line
18.3 Midfield
18.4 Line of defence
18.5 Case study: CPNI.NL
18.6 The nature of cyber crimes: some implications for the fight against cyber crime
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19. Policing Cyber Crime
19.1 Introduction
19.2 ‘Policing’ bodies
19.3 Policing cyber crime across Europe: different approaches
19.4 Policing cyber crime: challenges for the future
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20. Duties of Care on the Internet
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Internet security
20.3 Child pornography
20.4 Copyright
20.5 Internet Service Providers: general observations and conclusions
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21. Information Security
21.1 Introduction and definitions
21.2 Design and attacks
21.3 Some building blocks of information security
21.4 Biometrics
21.5 Physical security
21.6 Storage security
21.7 Internet banking
21.8 Critical infrastructure security
21.9 Conclusions
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References

Index
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