“In
Researching Cybercrimes: Methodologies, Ethics, and Critical Approaches Lavorgna and Holt bring together a wealth of expertise addressing the challenges and opportunities for conducting criminological research in a digital society. This collection is an invaluable resource for both early and established scholars of cybercrime, or indeed anyone seeking guidance on the techniques and ethical considerations necessary for digital research. It is an outstanding contribution to cyber and digital criminologies: synthesizing and extending understanding of a range of both familiar and innovative methods in the discipline. In doing so
Researching Cybercrimes is an important - indeed an essential - sourcebook for criminologists and other social scientists addressing crime, harm and deviance in cyberspace” (Dr Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor in Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University, Australia)
“This timely and essential book provides much-needed methodological insights and ethical guidance to cybercrime researchers. It will enable aspiring and experienced criminologists to design responsible data collection and analysis protocols and draw inspiration from a truly interdisciplinary and international sample of best practices” (Prof Benoit Dupont is Professor of Criminology at the Université de Montréal and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity, Canada)
“Criminology is difficult. It involves studying behavior that many would rather go uninvestigated or even unnoticed out of fear of shame, reprisal, or apprehension. The issue is only more acute for criminologists examining cybercrimes. Well-documented are the advantages offered to criminals by computers and the internet as are the disadvantages for researchers and law enforcement. Fortunately, criminologists have made significant strides in recent decades to forge innovative solutions to problems endemic to cybercrime research. In Researching Cybercrimes, Anita Lavorgna and Thomas Holt have assembled a crack team of internationally respected cybercrime scholars to provide a robust assessment of the contemporary methodological landscape while charting directions for future cybercrime research. Its chapters cut across a variety of subjects sure to be of interest to scholar and student alike including the logic of cybercrime inquiry, innovations and challenges in data gathering and analysis, and cybercrime research ethics. All self-respecting cybercrime researchers should keep this volume within arm’s reach” (Dr Kevin F. Steinmetz is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Kansas State University, USA)