RT Article
T1 Cyber-organised crime: a case of moral panic?
JF Trends in organized crime
VO 22
IS 4
SP 357
OP 374
A1 Lavorgna, Anita
LA English
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1819897508
AB A growing number of studies show that the advent of the Internet has transformed the organisational life of crime, with many academic and non-academic articles and reports describing various types of organisational structures involved in cybercrimes as Borganised crime^. Other researchers are more critical in applying the organised crime label to cybercrimes. These debates are not merely speculative and scholastic but have a real practical significance, as over-estimating organised crime involvement can attract more resources (which might end up being allocated in a less efficient way), additional legal powers, and support from the general public. This study aims to further this path of inquiry by investigating whether the advancement of the cyber-organised crime narrative in the UK can be identified also in the media discourse. More specifically, this study will analyse UK press to explore to what extent Bmoral panic^ can be identified, how primary definers use particular tactics and rhetorical constructions, and what are the dominant consequences.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 372-374
K1 Organised Crime
K1 Cybercrime
K1 Moral Panic
K1 Risk society
K1 Media Analysis
DO 10.1007/s12117-018-9342-y