Policing cybercrime: is there a role for the private sector?
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2022
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Sarre, R.
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Eterno, J.A.
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Source details - Title: Police behavior, hiring, and crime fighting: an international view, 2022 / Eterno, J.A. (ed./s), Ch.15, pp.217-227
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There is little doubt that the global scourge of cybercrime can be curbed substantially by good law enforcement. The key strategy is cyber surveillance. Police, indeed, have always had surveillance tools in their suite of cybercrime prevention strategies, but the demands of globalization have placed new strains on those resources. Hence, private companies are being called upon more and more to assist law enforcement agencies with the task of keeping abreast of developments in the world of cyber criminality. Global corporations now play a significant role in challenging and mitigating the various forms of cybercrime. But what is the effect of the extralegal regulatory actions implemented by industry? Given how easy it is for private corporations to favor tracing and tracking over privacy, do we, as citizens, need greater control over companies that, as potential “agents” of law enforcement, are now tasked with thwarting cybercrime? What policies should we, as citizens, be demanding? What answers do we need to hear? These and other questions are addressed in this chapter.
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Copyright 2021 Taylor and Francis
Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available on Open Access