Cybercrime Risks and Responses ― Eastern and Western Perspectives

This volume examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and how best to address them. The chapters come from established international scholars and policy practitioners in the fields of cybercrime and computer forensics. Their contributions show how Eastern and Western nations are responding to the challenges of cybercrime, and the latest trends and issues in cybercrime prevention and control.

This important book represents a compendium of current knowledge on some of the most pressing cybercrime concerns facing governments and industries globally and represents a review of best practice responses to the problems identified. It will be of great interest to policy analysts, law enforcement and industry specialists, as well as academic scholars.

Russell G. Smith is Principal Criminologist at the Australian Institute of Criminology and head of the Transnational, Organised and Cyber Crime Program. He has published extensively on aspects of cybercrime, fraud control and professional regulation.

Ray Chak-Chung Cheung is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include cryptographic hardware designs and design exploration of System-on-Chip (SoC) designs and embedded system designs.

Laurie Lau is an entrepreneur and philanthropist in Hong Kong. He holds a doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences at the University of Glamorgan, UK. He has wide experience in research on policing internet-related crime, technology and society and is currently Chair of the Asia Pacific Association of Technology and Society (APATAS).