Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary provides a comprehensive analysis of cybercrime legislation and case law in Australian jurisdictions. Since the publication of the first edition, there have been significant developments in legislation, cases and policies directed at cybercrime. More generally, there have been new developments in the regimes governing law enforcement access to data, telecommunications and internet service provider obligations, and key institutions dealing with cyber security and data protection. Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary is an essential resource for law enforcement and legal practitioners, as well as students. Features * Updated developments in legislation, cases and policies directed at cybercrime. * Cases selected to illustrate the legal issues that arise, and to provide examples of how cybercrime laws operate in practice. * Internationally recognised author. Related Titles * Finlay & Kirchengast, Criminal Law in Australia, 3rd edition, 2022 * George et al, Social Media and the Law, 4th edition, 2022

Though an increasing number of criminals are using computers and computer networks, few investigators are well versed in the issues related to digital evidence. This work explains how computer networks function and how they can be used in a crime.

Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence: Materials and Cases is designed to be an accessible introduction to Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence. The title illuminates two significant aspects of this book. First, cyber crime is only a subset of a much broader trend in the criminal area, which is the use of digital evidence in virtually all criminal cases. Hence, it is important to understand the legal framework that regulates obtaining that increasingly used and important evidence. Second, this book provides a broader framework than an endless stream of cases offers. Law students deserve the broader context and, hopefully, will get some of it with this book. The second edition includes new cases, particularly United States Supreme Court cases on searching cell phones, have begun to add clarity and needed guidance to the acquisition of digital evidence procedures required of law enforcement. New technology and case law discussing the impact of that technology have been added throughout the book. This book also is available in a three-hole punched, alternative loose-leaf version printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper with wider margins and with the same pagination as the hardbound book.

This book is titled Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence for one fundamental reason: it is more likely that a lawyer or judge will encounter digital evidence in almost every case, given its ubiquity in modern life. Nearly half of this book is devoted to the government's acquisition of digital evidence, regardless of the underlying crime. The balance of the book is devoted to various aspects of the criminal law that have been modified to address new forms of bad behavior that are facilitated by digital devices and networks.

Social Media Law examines social and new media issues through the lens of law and policy, reflecting new case law and legislative developments.

This work defines cyber crime, introduces students to computer terminology and the history of computer crime, and includes discussions of important legal and social issues relating to computer crime. The text also covers computer forensic science.