Social Organization of Internet Policing in the 21st Century: From Pornography to Terrorism (From Public Policing in the 21st Century: Issues and Dilemmas in the U.S. and Canada, P 129-153, 2005, John F. Hodgson and Catherine Orban, eds. -- See NCJ-209717)

• NCJ Number: 209723
• Author(s): Abbee Corb-Cinotti; Livy Visano
• Date Published: 2005
• Length: 25 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Format: Book Chapter
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This chapter analyzes Internet policing by examining the dominant or prevailing ideologies of liberalism and capitalism and their institutional practices of law and the market, respectively.

Abstract

The relationship between policing and the Internet is problematic given that the latter is a tool of intelligence gathering, but has also become a target of investigation; that is both a method and a subject of inquiry. This chapter provides a critical analysis of Internet policing. It examines local and international law enforcement tactics and strategies within the framework of prevailing ideologies and institutional practices. It contrasts and compares the policing of pornography, terrorism, and hate crimes on the Web. It suggests that all stakeholders, from politicians to police administrators, from the public consumer to service providers/producers, must engage in more multi-tiered strategies, both short- and long-term that are balanced, holistic, and consistent with thinking that moves beyond the box of conventional crime fighting. There must be a more thorough interrogation of the logic that governs current police practices in order to establish a more meaningful understanding of Internet policing in the 21st century. Discussion questions and references