Crime and Technology
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About the Book
Guido Rossi As Chairman of ISPAC, I want to thank all the contributors to this book that originates from the International Conference on Crime and Technology. This could be the end of my presentation if I did not feel uneasy not considering one of the problems I believe to be pivotal in the relationship between crime and technology. I shall also consider that the same relationship exists between terror and globalization, while globalization is stemming from technology and terror from crime. Transnational terrorism is today made possible by the vast array of communication tools. But the paradox is that if globalization facilitates terrorist violence, the fight against this war without borders is potentially disastrous for both economic development and globalization. Antiterrorist measures restrict mobility and financial flows, while new terrorist attacks could lead the way for an antiglobalist reaction. But the global society has yet to agree on a common definition of terrorism or on a common policy against it. The ordinary traditional criminal law is still depending on the sovereignty of national states, while international criminal justice is only a spotty and contested last resort. The fragmented and weak international institutions and underdeveloped civil societies have no power to enforce criminal justice against t- rorism. At the same time, the states that are its targets have no interest in applying the laws of war (the Geneva Conventions) to their fight against terrorists.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9789048167463
EAN: 9789048167463
Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2010
Dewey: 364.168
Height: 230 mm
MediaMail: Y
PrintOnDemand: N
Spine Width: 9 mm
ISBN-10: 9048167469
Publisher: Springer
Binding: Paperback
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Language: English
No of Pages: 142
Series Title: English
Width: 154 mm