Trust and Crime in Information Societies

Edited by Robin Mansell, Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science and Brian S. Collins CB, FREng, Professor of Engineering Policy, Director, UCL Centre of Engineering Policy, Director, International Centre for Infrastructure Futures (ICIF) and Head, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP), UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, UK

This fascinating book gathers together an enviable range of experts from a variety of disciplines to study how trust and crime interact with new digital technologies. It provides a critical discussion on the prospects of the Internet and on the future of crime and crime prevention. It also presents a realistic vision of the implications and uncertainties of future developments in cyberspace, and identifies the key issues affecting the way in which today’s complex information societies are evolving.