Digital Underworld and Cybercrime: A Technical and Legal Perspective
Springer Nature
Digital Underworld and Cybercrime: A Technical and Legal Perspective provides a timely and in-depth exploration of cybercrime as a defining challenge of the digital age. Moving beyond traditional accounts of online offending, this book examines cybercrime as a complex socio-technical phenomenon shaped by rapid technological innovation, evolving legal norms, and transnational enforcement gaps. By integrating legal analysis with technical insight, the book offers a holistic framework for understanding how contemporary cyber threats emerge, operate, and are regulated. The book brings together leading scholars and practitioners from diverse jurisdictions and disciplines, reflecting the inherently global nature of cybercrime. The 11 chapters included in this book were rigorously selected from 51 submissions through a double-blind peer-review process conducted by an international panel of experts. Each contribution addresses a distinct dimension of the digital underworld, ranging from AI-driven cyber threats, deepfakes, and cryptocurrency-enabled crime to digital evidence, and the challenges posed to state sovereignty and international law. Combining theoretical perspectives with…
