Policing the Virtual Community: The Internet, Cyberspace and Cyber-Crime

Wall, David S.

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“…The broader governance of the Internet is, then, characterised by a sense of order resulting from a complex 'assemblage' of networked nodes of security that continually shape virtual behaviour (Walker & Akdeniz, 1998, p. 8;Wall, 1997Wall, , 2001Wall, , p. 171, 2002a, transcend the 'state/non-state binary' (Dupont, 2004, p. 76), and also state sovereignty (Shearing, 2004, p. 6). The term 'assemblage' is particularly useful in this context when considering the relationships between nodes and also within them.…”

Section: Situating the Public Police In The Network And Nodes Of Secmentioning

confidence: 98%

Policing Cybercrimes: Situating the Public Police in Networks of Security within Cyberspace

Wall¹

2007

Police Practice and Research

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The Internet and the criminal behaviour it transforms (cybercrime) pose considerable challenges for order maintenance and law enforcement because Internet-related offending takes place within a global context while crime tends to be nationally defined. Policing cybercrime is made all the more complex by the very nature of policing and security being networked and nodal and also because within this framework the public police play only a small part in the policing of the Internet. In this paper it is argued that the future of the public police role in policing the Internet is more than simply acquiring new knowledge and capacity, but it is about forging new relationships with the other nodes within the networks of Internet security. These relationships require a range of transformations to take place in order to enhance the effectiveness and legitimacy of the nodal architecture. It will then be argued that some of the contradictions faced by 'the police' are being reconciled by the gradual reconstitution of a neo-Peelian paradigm across a global span, which brings with it a range of instrumental and normative challenges.

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Section: Situating the Public Police In The Network And Nodes Of Secmentioning

confidence: 98%

Policing Cybercrimes: Situating the Public Police in Networks of Security within Cyberspace

Wall¹

2007

Police Practice and Research

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“…In particular, he suggested that the shrinking role of the state and the relative ungovernability of cyberspace presented particular challenges both for policing this 'virtual community' and for the discipline of criminology more broadly (Wall 1997). Wall argued that, while the new 'cyberspace' offered enormous democratising potential, 'there are also many opportunities for new types of offending' and that the Internet posed a 'considerable threat to traditional forms of governance and ... to traditional understandings of order' (Wall 1997: 208).…”

Section: A Brief History Of Computer and Cyber Criminologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An overview of both seminal and contemporary works including books, edited collections and journal special issues over the past twenty years yielded recurring topics. These have included hacking, data theft, online fraud and scams, digital piracy, child 'pornography', online sex work, cyberbullying and cyberstalking, and cyberterrorism and online extremism, as well as the challenges for cyber legislation and law enforcement (Grabosky and Smith 1998;Holt 2011;Jaishankar 2011;Wall 1997). A limited amount of cyber crime research has been directed towards information privacy and data surveillance (Thomas and Loader 2000;Yar 2012).…”

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Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

Stratton

Powell

Cameron

2017

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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The opportunities afforded through digital and communications technologies, in particular social media, have inspired a diverse range of interdisciplinary perspectives exploring how such advancements influence the way we live. Rather than positioning technology as existing in a separate space to society more broadly, the 'digital society' is a concept that recognises such technologies as an embedded part of the larger social entity and acknowledges the incorporation of digital technologies, media, and networks in our everyday lives (Lupton 2014), including in crime perpetration, victimisation and justice. In this article, we explore potential for an interdisciplinary concept of digital society to expand and inspire innovative crime and justice scholarship within an emerging field of 'digital criminology'. KeywordsCybercrime; cyber; virtual; digital society; digital criminology. Please cite this article as:

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“…Media coverage of such activity has been intense, and there appear to have been significant reaction from at least some quarters of the public, legislators and others throughout the long period of concern with online activities involving child pornography (BBC News, 2000a, b, c, 2004b, d, 2005c. Such reaction in the context of the Internet environment is not new; Wall (1997) and Wallace and Mangan (1996) contend that a 'moral panic' surrounding online child pornography was in existence as early as 1997. 14 Consequently, the question must be addressed as to whether the circumstances surrounding this situation do actually constitute a moral panic.…”

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The Witchfinder-General and the Will-o'-the-Wisp: The myth and reality of Internet control

O’Brien

2006

Information & Communications Technology Law

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Internet pornography, especially child pornography, has been a significant concern in British society for several years. This article seeks to examine the prevalence and impact of such material, the way public concern has developed, and media and legislative reactions to this concern. It suggests that a more rational debate of the actual and likely dangers in this sphere is necessary in order both to protect and serve the interests of justice.

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Policing the Virtual Community: The Internet, Cyberspace and Cyber-Crime

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

Policing Cybercrimes: Situating the Public Police in Networks of Security within Cyberspace

Policing Cybercrimes: Situating the Public Police in Networks of Security within Cyberspace

Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

The Witchfinder-General and the Will-o'-the-Wisp: The myth and reality of Internet control

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