RT Book
T1 Cybercrime and challenges in South Africa
A2 Ehiane, Stanley
A2 Olofinbiyi, Sogo Angel
A2 Mkhize, Sazelo Michael
LA English
PP Singapore
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869522974
AB 1. Introduction and Contextual Background of Cybercrime as an Emerging Phenomenon and Associated Challenges in Africa -- 2. The Evaluation of Cybercrime in South Africa: A review of the impact of Identify Theft Menace on the economy -- 3. Cybercrime in the Developing Nations: Internet as Means of Sex Trafficking in Africa -- 4. The Golden Trends of Cybersecurity and its Emerging Challenges in Africa -- 5. The scourge of ransomware: The cybercrime growth industry of the early 2020s -- 6. Cyberspace and Drug Trafficking in Africa -- 7. An exploratory study of the South African Police services (SAPS) systems in combating cybercrime -- 8. Human trafficking: A Dark Side of the Cyberspace -- 9. Human trafficking and cyberspace in South African -- 10. Electronic-Filing [Tax] Fraud in South Africa: Perceptive and Trends.
AB The advent of the Internet for global advancement and development has opened the world to new crimes. This is the first comprehensive book on the subject matter, considering the absence of textbooks in teaching the subject matter in higher learning institutions. Hitherto, the book is distinctive and timely in the wake of the inclusion of the subject matter as a new curriculum in many African universities. The book focuses on South Africa, where the Internet has been misused by individuals to perpetuated crime which has been on the increase and unabated. The book's contents and its discourse are significant to students in higher institutions, researchers, and organizations, to give in-depth insights into varied cybercrime on various forms and the manners in which cybercrimes have been executed. Lastly, the book contains instances where the Internet has been used to perpetuate crimes in recent times in South Africa. Stanley O. Ehiane is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Administrative Studies, at the University of Botswana. Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Venda, South Africa. Sazelo Michael Mkhize is a Senior Lecturer in the discipline of Criminology and Forensic Studies at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Howard Campus, South Africa.
CN 364.168
SN 9789819930579
K1 Computer crimes.
K1 Africa
K1 Organized crime.
K1 Crime
K1 Human rights.
K1 Criminalité informatique - Afrique du Sud
K1 Computer crimes
K1 South Africa
K1 eBook-Springer-Law-and-Criminology-2023
DO 10.1007/978-981-99-3057-9