Jewkes (criminology, U. of Leicester, UK) and Yar (criminology, U. of Hull, UK) compile 28 essays on cybercrime for criminologists, students, and researchers. Scholars in criminology, sociology, social theory, media and communication studies, information technology, psychology, politics, law, and socio-legal studies from the US, Europe, and Australia consider issues and debates related to internet crime, including its history and social, political, and economic contexts; forms, threats, and risks from hackers, viruses, terrorism, cyber-protest, intellectual property crime, identity theft and fraud, the sex industry, child pornography and sexual exploitation, and cyber-suicide and homicide; laws and regulations in the UK, US, and transnationally; and policing. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)