This book is concerned with the nature of computer misuse and the legal and extra-legal responses to it. It explores what is meant by the term 'computer misuse' and charts its emergence as a problem as well as its expansion in parallel with the continued progression in computing power, networking, reach and accessibility. In doing so, it surveys the attempts of the domestic criminal law to deal with some early manifestations of computer misuse and the consequent legislative passage of the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Having outlined thenew criminal offences introduced by the 1990 Act, the book ex.     Read more...      Computer Misuse; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Table of cases; Table of legislation; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Constructing the problem of computer misuse; Chapter 2 The emergence of the problem of computer misuse; Chapter 3 The evolution of the problem of computer misuse; Chapter 4 Computer misuse and the criminal law; Part 2 The governance of computer misuse; Chapter 5 The risk of computer misuse and its governance; Chapter 6 The legal governance of computer misuse beyond the domestic criminal law. Chapter 7 The extra-legal governance of computer misusePart 3 Examining the solution; Chapter 8 The constellation of control; Appendix Outline research methodology; Bibliography; Index

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