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The future of technology-enabled crime in Australia
- Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice, no. 341
- ISBN 978 1 921185 48 9 ; ISSN 0817-8542
- Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, July 2007
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Abstract
As our use of information and communication technologies increases and evolves, incidents of technology-enabled crime are likely to continue. Based on what we know today, this paper summarises a range of potential challenges that regulators and law enforcement agencies need to bear in mind. Key areas identified include infrastructure risks, the use of wireless and mobile technologies, more sophisticated malware, new identification and payment systems, computer-facilitated fraud, exploitation of younger persons, intellectual property infringement, and industrial espionage. Successful prosecution and appropriate sentencing for these crimes will require coordinated policing and on-going legislative reform.
This research was funded by the Australian High Tech Crime Centre
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- Media release: New crimes in a technology-enabled environment
- Full report: Future directions in technology-enabled crime: 2007-09
- Research project: High tech crime research
- Topic: Cybercrime
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