NCJ Number
242376
Date Published
2013
Length
224 pages
Annotation
This book is intended as guide for law enforcement personnel investigating crimes against individuals related to the theft or manipulation of the individual's information assets.
Abstract
Information-based crimes are defined as those crimes that "involve the theft, compromise, misuse, or manipulation of personal data or knowledge assets." Included in this category of crimes are those related to identity theft, social engineering, the theft of personal information storage areas, and the theft of physical information assets such as papers, manuscripts, and financial documents. This book provides information for law enforcement personnel who are investigating these types of crimes. The book begins with an introductory section that discusses the nature of information-based crimes, crimes against persons, and crimes against persons' information assets. This section is followed by eight chapters that discuss specific types of information-based crimes: identity theft, social engineering, disinformation, digital evidence and digital repositories, the theft of personal information repositories, misuse of online information, misuse of electronic surveillance, and theft of physical information assets. The ninth chapter of the book discusses the psychological dimension of information-based crimes from both the victim's and perpetrator's perspectives. The final chapter of the book examines the future of information-based crimes. Appendixes, glossary, and bibliography