Online gambling and crime : causes, controls and controversies / / James Banks

• Autore: Banks James <1980->
• Pubblicazione: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.17202854678
• Soggetto topico: Internet gambling; Crime
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Gambling, Crime and Criminology; 2 The International Growth of Online Gambling; 3 The Marketisation of Online Gambling: Selling 'Safe Risks'; 4 Observable Threats I: Interrelationships between Online Gambling and Crime; 5 Observable Threats II: Fraud and Theft In and Around Online Gambling Sites; 6 Responding to Online Gambling Related Crimes; 7 Regulating the Online Gambling Environment; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With attention to the manner in which online gambling can be a source of criminal activity, not only on the part of players, but also criminal entrepreneurs and legitimate gambling businesses, Online Gambling and Crime discusses developments in criminal law and regulatory frameworks, evaluating past and present policy on online gambling. A rich examination of the prevalence, incidence and experience of a range of criminal activities linked to gambling on the Internet, this book will appeal to scholars and policy makers in the fields of sociology and criminology, law, the study of culture and s
• Titolo autorizzato: Online gambling and crime
• ISBN: 1-317-08560-4; 1-317-08559-0; 1-4724-1450-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464787603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II