WRITTEN BY Francesca Caferri
Once upon a time there was journalism. Many have recited the
de profundis for the reporting profession over the last few years. Because of the economic crisis, which has been stifling newspapers for the last two years.
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WRITTEN BY Stefano Betti
For decades, the international community’s approach to issues of nuclear proliferation on the one hand, and of the use of criminal law mechanisms on the other, has hardly been an integrated one. In the post-Cold War environment, the events of 9/11 have acted as a powerful catalyst for change.
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WRITTEN BY Javier Livas
Most governments and founding charters originated at least 200 years ago: the United States Constitution (which then also served as a basis in most Latin American countries), and democratic governments such as those of the United Kingdom and France. Moreover, the concept of democracy is even older than that, dating back to the ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Cybernetics, however, which is literally the science of government as it studies the structure of regulatory systems, is only about 63 years old. Many years ago I asked myself: What are current governments doing right or missing? What does Cybernetics have to do with the world of Law, given that laws are about controlling people’s behaviour?
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WRITTEN BY Marc Goodman
The rapidly changing nature of information and communications technologies suggests that as soon as new hardware, software or other applications are introduced, they will be exploited in some form or fashion by international criminal organisations. The speed at which criminals can exploit these technologies is truly remarkable. Unfortunately, law enforcement and the criminal justice system, bound by limited budgets, finite training, and traditional legal regimes are much slower in their abilities to respond.
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WRITTEN BY ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
ITU (International Telecommunication Union) recognizes that information and technology security are critical priorities for the international community. Cybersecurity is in everyone’s best interest and this can only be achieved through collaborative efforts. Cyber threat issues are global and therefore their solutions must be global too.
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WRITTEN BY Giuseppe Vaciago
Over the coming years a crucial issue in dealing with cybercrime will be the delicate balance that must necessarily be struck between personal data protection, public order, and security.
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WRITTEN BY Bruce Schneier
Universal identification is portrayed by some as the holy grail of Internet security. Anonymity is bad, the argument goes; and if we abolish it, we can ensure only the proper people have access to their own information. We will know who is sending us spam and who is trying to hack into corporate networks.
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WRITTEN BY Marco Gercke
The shift from industrial societies to information societies,(1) and the related dependence of the society as well as the economy on the availability of Internet services have moved the attention of politics towards the cybercrime topic.
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WRITTEN BY Jan Van Dijk
Survey-based Estimates
The International Crime Victimisation Survey (ICVS) is a standardized survey on experiences of crime that has been carried out five times since 1989 in a large sample of European countries, in the USA and in Canada.
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WRITTEN BY Marco Carbonelli, Luisa Franchina, Laura Gratta, Fabio Guasconi, Daniele Perucchini
Foreword
In the last decades the most developed countries of the world have realized a social model characterized by a high “quality of life” of their citizens. There are, in fact, many services and opportunities available to every citizen, which contribute to satisfying their needs or expressing their attitudes.
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