Introduction to this Special Issue: The Internet, cybertechnology and the law

An introduction to international perspectives on homicide and the law: Part II

“…The Internet has transformed our private and public lives and our pursuits of pleasure and work, creating previously unimaginable convenience and efficiency. It has also influenced criminal activity including homicide by creating perceptions, enhancing criminal means, and serving as a tool with which to contact potential victims and coordinate with others who share similar criminal and homicidal inclinations (Recupero & Felthous, 2018). The Internet is a vast, fluid, expanding, dynamic reservoir of information and misinformation, fact and fantasy, and, at times, indistinguishable blends of these elements.…”