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Emerging Technologies, Novel Crimes, and Security The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This book provides a holistic overview of the complexities of modern technological advances and their implications for crime and security. It examines the societal dilemmas that accompany these technologies, their strategic impact on geopolitics, governments, business, and civil society.
The increasingly interconnected world gives rise to novel crimes and creates a new, complex set of threats. Understanding this landscape is essential to strategizing for the prevention, protection, mitigation, and risk assessment of technology-related crime.
Practical and approachable, this book builds knowledge and awareness of the impact of emerging technologies on crime and security among professionals, students, academicians, researchers, and policymakers.
Introduction: The Technological Revolution in Action
Chapter 1: What Do Emerging Technologies Mean and Why Do They Matter?
Chapter 2: The Magnitude of Change
Chapter 3: The Threat Is Here
Chapter 4: Prosperity and Security: A Balancing Act
Chapter 5: The Technological Frontier
Biography
Hedi Nasheri is a Professor of Cybercriminology and Global Security at Kent State University and a Visiting Professor of Technology Crimes in the Faculty of Law at the University of Turku in Finland. Her academic and practical experiences have focused for a number of years on cybercrime, global security, and intellectual property crimes. She has collaborated with members of the Intellectual Property Section of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a number of domestic and international educational and research projects related to cybercrimes and intellectual property.
More recently, Professor Nasheri served as a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Germany and as a Senior Fellow in the Policy Division of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) in Washington DC. She has held a number of Visiting Scholar appointments at New York University School of Law, Columbia University, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
“Hedi Nasheri’s latest book challenges interdisciplinary scholars to understand and respond to the legal, social, and policy issues created by emerging technologies in the globalized, digital age. This comprehensive volume also seeks to encourage industry and governments to predict and address potential harms that emerging devices possess and to be aware of the unintended, counterproductive consequences of innovation. Essential reading for all.”
Professor Russell G. Smith, College of Business Government and Law, Flinders University, Australia
"Professor Nasheri has performed an important service with this readable and thoughtful account of changing technologies, the threats they pose, and the appropriateness of enforcement responses to them."
Michael Levi, PhD, DSc (Econ.), FaCSS, FLSW, Professor of Criminology, Cardiff University
"Emerging Technologies, Novel Crimes, and Security: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the critical role of emerging technologies in shaping our collective security and society. Professor Nasheri addresses big questions from novel crimes, to benefits and risks of emerging tools, and policy considerations. The book fills the knowledge gap describing the general landscape of latest technologies and challenges associated with them."
Prof. Dr. Jelle Janssens, Associate Pofessor of Criminology and Vice-Head of the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, Ghent University
