This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current and emerging challenges of cyber
criminology victimization and profiling. It is a compilation of the outcomes of the
collaboration between researchers and practitioners in the cyber criminology field IT law and
security field.As Governments corporations security firms and individuals look to tomorrow's
cyber security challenges this book provides a reference point for experts and
forward-thinking analysts at a time when the debate over how we plan for the cyber-security of
the future has become a major concern. Many criminological perspectives define crime in terms
of social cultural and material characteristics and view crimes as taking place at a specific
geographic location. This definition has allowed crime to be characterised and crime
prevention mapping and measurement methods to be tailored to specific target audiences.
However this characterisation cannot be carried over to cybercrime because the environment in
which such crime is committed cannot be pinpointed to a geographical location or distinctive
social or cultural groups. Due to the rapid changes in technology cyber criminals' behaviour
has become dynamic making it necessary to reclassify the typology being currently used.
Essentially cyber criminals' behaviour is evolving over time as they learn from their actions
and others' experiences and enhance their skills. The offender signature which is a
repetitive ritualistic behaviour that offenders often display at the crime scene provides law
enforcement agencies an appropriate profiling tool and offers investigators the opportunity to
understand the motivations that perpetrate such crimes. This has helped researchers classify
the type of perpetrator being sought. This book offers readers insights into the psychology of
cyber criminals and understanding and analysing their motives and the methodologies they
adopt. With an understanding of these motives researchers governments and practitioners can
take effective measures to tackle cybercrime and reduce victimization.
