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Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology Global Politics, Law and International Relations
Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2nd ed. (2025), 428 pp.
"Bringing together perspectives from academia and practice, this second edition Research Handbook provides fresh insights into debates surrounding digital technology and how to respect and protect human rights in an increasingly digital world. New and updated chapters cover the issues posed by the m
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Measuring cybercrime and cyberdeviance in surveys
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Online Deviance
Roderick S. Graham; Stephan G. Humer; Claire Seungeun Lee; Veronika Nagy (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2025), pp. 44-72
"Cybercrime has been on the rise since the 1990s, and so is the need for researchers and public administrations to better estimate its prevalence, incidence, distribution and nature. The limitations of police statistics as measures of crime are widely known and seem even more severe—in terms of th
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Cybercrime-Trends 2025
Köln: sosafe (2025), 22 pp.
"Die Reichweite der Cybercrime-Branche hat einen neuen Höhepunkt erreicht. 72% aller Organisationen weltweit berichten vom steigenden Cyberrisiko. Der Schaden durch Cybercrime betrug 2024 allein in Deutschland 178,6 Mrd. Euro. Das sind 20% mehr als im Vorjahr. Cyberkriminelle hängen Organisatione
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The Routledge International Handbook of Online Deviance
London; New York: Routledge (2025), xxvii, 765 pp.
"Covering a wide range of different online platforms, including social media sites and chatrooms, this volume is a comprehensive exploration of the current state of sociological and criminological scholarship focused on online deviance. Understanding deviance broadly, the handbook acknowledges both
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Information Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) on the Impact of Cyber Security Cybercrime Laws enacted by Southern Africa Governments on Media Freedom and Digital Rights
Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA);Internews;USAID (2023), 633 pp.
"In 2023, Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA) through its consortium partner, Internews, undertook the most comprehensive review yet of laws affecting media practice and the freedom of expression, including cyber laws, penal codes, constitutions and acts of parliament, in the sixteen Souther
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Ein falscher Klick. Hackern auf der Spur: Warum der Cyberkrieg uns alle betrifft
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2023), 351 pp.
"Das Internet hat in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten einen historisch einzigartigen globalen Kommunikationsraum geschaffen. Doch zunehmend zeigen sich nicht nur die Möglichkeiten, sondern auch die Gefahren dieser Vernetzung: Kriminelle Hacker nutzen aktiv Sicherheitslücken aus, um Privatpersonen oder
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A systematic literature review of the longitudinal risk factors associated with juvenile cyber-deviance
Computers in Human Behavior, volume 141, issue 2, 107613 (2023), ?? pp.
"Cyber-deviance has been studied extensively over the past two decades, though owing to the elusive nature of cyberspace and the anonymity it affords its users, research has yet to paint a clear picture of the risk factors that predict online deviance. Early identification of these factors is critic
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Lois sur la cybercriminalité & négation de la liberté de presse en Afrique de l’Ouest: Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger (Sahel)
École Supérieure de Journalisme, des Métiers de l’Internet et de la Communication (E-jicom);International Media Support (IMS) (2022), 57 pp.
"Pour faciliter le travail des journalistes, il importe de s’assurer que leur droit de rechercher, d’accéder à l’information, de produire et de publier du contenu d’intérêt public n’est pas restreint. Pour l’avenir de la démocratie et de la presse qui lui est congénitale, il est im
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The Law of Global Digitality
London; New York: Routledge (2022), xiii, 258 pp.
"The book compares six different areas of law that have been particularly exposed to global digitality, namely laws regulating consumer contracts, data protection, the media, fnancial markets, criminal activity and intellectual property law. Comparing how these very different areas of law have evolv
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Digital Rights Are Human Rights: An Introduction to the State of Affairs and Challenges in Africa
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 7 pp.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, 495 million people (46 percent of the population) subscribed to mobile phones in 2020, however, the cost of accessing the internet is very high and many African Governments are renowned for restricting access to the internet to limit critics and their opposition through inter
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UN-Abkommen gegen Cyberkriminalität – Menschenrechte und Entwicklung ins Zentrum rücken
Bonn: Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (2021), 4 pp.
"Im Januar 2022 werden die UN-Mitgliedstaaten Verhandlungen über ein globales Abkommen zur Bekämpfung der Cyberkriminalität aufnehmen. Mehr internationale Zusammenarbeit in diesem Bereich ist dringend geboten. Doch es gibt auch Risiken. So könnten vage Verpflichtungen, etwa zur Überwachung des
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Pakistan's Internet Landscape 2020
Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);Bytes for All (2021), 89 pp.
"The internet brought new opportunities for Pakistan to develop into a progressive society and a more democratic country, and it opened doors for more forms of criminal activity (like fraud, child pornography, etc.), more intimidation and the spreading extremism, and more information gathering on ci
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Hello World: Was Algorithmen können und wie sie unser Leben verändern
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2019), 272 pp.
"Die britische Mathematikerin Hannah Fry stellt Algorithmen als schrittweise Verfahren vor, die dazu dienen, Probleme zu lösen oder ein Ziel zu erreichen. Für Medizin, Polizei, Justiz, Verkehr oder Handel könne das äußert fortschrittlich sein. Doch die bahnbrechende Technik habe ihren Preis - A
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The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpsychology
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2019), xxv, 752 pp.
"This book explores a wide range of cyberpsychological processes and activities through the research and writings of some of the world’s leading cyberpsychology experts. The book covers a broad range of topics spanning the key areas of research interest in this emerging field of enquiry and will b
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Mapping Study on Cyberviolence
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2018), 151 pp.
"While cyberviolence may be targeted at any individual or group and may entail a wide range of acts, this mapping study focuses in particular on children and women, who are often the victims of cyberviolence. The experience and solutions with regard to these victims should modus modendi be applicabl
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Hacks de vida: Consejos prácticos para la atención a personas que enfrentan violencias de género en línea en América Latina
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2018), 52 pp.
"Al reconocer que estructural y socialmente la enunciación y la sistematización de los saberes comunes y comunitarios es contestatario y disruptivo, apelamos a la sabiduría ancestral y la infalible innovación contemporánea de las colectivas, de las mujeres tecnólogas, de las ciberfeministas y
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Klinische Cyberpsychologie und Cybertherapie
Wien: facultas (2018), 246 pp.
"Das Werk vermittelt verständlich und anschaulich den aktuellen Stand des Wissens zum Einsatz neuer Medien in der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie. Neben dem Wandel psychologischen und psychotherapeutischen Denkens und Handelns beleuchten die AutorInnen auch die daraus entstehenden ethisch
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Press Freedom and Nigeria's Cybercrime Act of 2015: An Assessment
Africa Spectrum, volume 52, issue 2 (2017), pp. 117-127
"This study assesses the Cybercrime Act 2015 and its implications for online press freedom in the liberal authoritarian state of Nigeria. Specifically, the study examines how the character of political leadership in Nigeria leads to wrongful application of the act to undermine the independence of th
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Darknet: Waffen, Drogen, Whistleblower. Wie die digitale Unterwelt funktioniert
München: Beck, Sonderaufl. für die Landeszentralen für politische Bildung (2017), 237 pp.
