Willie Sutton, a notorious American bank robber of fifty years
ago, was once asked why he persisted in robbing banks. "Because
that's where the money is," he is said to have replied. The theory
that crime follows opportunity has become established wisdom in
criminology; opportunity reduction has become one of the
fundamental principles of crime prevention.
"The enormous benefits of telecommunications are not without
cost." It could be argued that this quotation from Crime in the
Digital Age, is a dramatic understatement. Grabosky and Smith
advise us that the criminal opportunities which accompany these
newest technological changes include: illegal interception of
telecommunications; electronic vandalism and terrorism; theft of
telecommunications services; telecommunications piracy;
transmission of pornographic and other offensive material;
telemarketing fraud; electronic funds transfer crime; electronic
money laundering; and finally, telecommunications in furtherance of
other criminal conspiracies.
However, although digitization has facilitated a great deal of
criminal activity, the authors suggest that technology also
provides the means to prevent and detect such crimes. Moreover, the
varied nature of these crimes defies a single policy solution.
Grabosky and Smith take us through this electronic minefield and
discuss the issues facing Australia as well as the international
community and law enforcement agencies.
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