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Virtual Worlds and Criminality

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Kai Cornelius

    1. University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law, Institute for German European and Intern, Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Dieter Hermann

    1. Juristische Fakultät, Inst. Kriminologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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  • Interdisciplinary approach
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  • Highly topical discussion
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Virtual Worlds as a Regulatory Challenge: A User Perspective

    • Christoph Klimmt
    Pages 1-18

  3. Crime Potential of Metaverses

    • Christian Laue
    Pages 19-29

  4. Is Virtual Violence a Morally Problematic Behavior?

    • Tilo Hartmann
    Pages 31-44

  5. Media Violence and Criminality

    • Dieter Hermann
    Pages 45-60

  6. Internet Dependency: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Therapy

    • Bert Theodor teWildt
    Pages 61-78

  7. Conflict Resolution in Virtual Worlds: General Characteristics and the 2009 Dutch Convictions on Virtual Theft

    • Arno R. Lodder
    Pages 79-93

  8. Responsibility under Criminal Law in Virtual Worlds

    • Kai Cornelius
    Pages 95-119

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 121-124
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The fusion between virtuality and reality has created a new quality of experience establishing metaverses and virtual worlds. Second Life, Twinity, Entropia Universe or Fregger have experienced rapid growth in recent years and show no signs of slowing down. Not only have countless companies discovered these “virtureal worlds” as marketplaces, but so have fraudsters and other criminals. In this book, European experts from different academic disciplines show how to meet the new challenges arising from virtual worlds. They discuss the reasons for and the impacts of these new forms of criminality as well as the necessity and means of combating them. Moreover, other fundamental issues are examined, such as the addictive potential of virtual-world use, media violence, and conflict resolution problems arising in the context of virtual worlds.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law, Institute for German European and Intern, Heidelberg, Germany

    Kai Cornelius

  • Juristische Fakultät, Inst. Kriminologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Dieter Hermann

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