Readership: Primary market: practitioners and academics specialising in criminal law, information technology, intellectual property, data protection, and corporate fraud. Secondary market: caw enforcement agancies including the police and CPS, and non-legal professional advisors such as computer forensic and data security experts.
Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law and Head of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
"An invaluable companion, not least because it largely delivers what it says on the cover" - David S Wall, King's Law Journal
1: Introduction An ever-changing environment What it is and is not For whom? Laws and laws and... 'Lies, damn lies - statistics' Method and madness 2: From Computer Abuse to Cybercrime Introduction Subject matter Public policy Criminal law Criminal types and actors Policing cyberspace Concluding remarks 3: Committing Crimes: Substantive Offences Introduction Computer-related crimes Content-related offences Computer integrity offences Concluding remarks 4: Addressing the Data Problems: Cyber-forensics and Criminal Procedure Introduction Computer and network forensics Cyber-surveillance CPS-derived data Suspect-derived data Concluding remarks 5: International Aspects: Jurisdiction and Harmonization Introduction Material jurisdiction Procedural jurisdiction Harmonization initiatives Concluding remarks 6: Evidential Issues: Presenting Data Introduction Pre-trial disclosure Abuse of process Admissibility Probative value or evidential weight Expert witnesses Court presentation Concluding remarks 7: Computer Crimes and Digital Investigations In review Changing landscape and shifting priorities Law, code, and rules Regulating and policing cyberspace Where next? APPENDICES Appendix I: Computer Misuse Act 1990 Appendix II: Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime Appendix III: Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA of 24 February 2005 Appendix IV: Association of Chief Police Officers Good Practice Guide for Computer based Electronic Evidence
