Fake Meds Online

The Internet and the Transnational Market in Illicit Pharmaceuticals
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-57087-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 323 g

This book provides a timely criminological investigation into the rapidly growing sale of fake medicines online. Some estimates suggest that the fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana and prostitution as the world's largest market for criminal traffickers. This increase has been particularly apparent in the context of various evolutionary phases in information and communications technologies, and the Internet now acts as the main avenue through which this criminal market is expanding. Thus far – despite growing concern and media attention – this extensive, extremely profitable, and ultimately life-threatening online market is yet to be fully explored. Drawing on the authors' own criminological investigation of both the supply and demand sides in the United Kingdom, this study offers the first in-depth and empirically-grounded analysis of the online trade in illicit medicines. Founded on rigorous research, and bolstering a rich area for debate, this book will be of particular interest for scholars of criminology and technology studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Antonopoulos, Georgios A.

Hall, Alexandra

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit Computerkriminalität & Hacking
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Pharmaindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Online Trade in Illicit Pharmaceuticals: The UK Context.- 3. The Demand-Side.- 4. The Supply-Side.- 5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Alexandra Hall is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Business and Law, Teesside University, UK.

Georgios A. Antonopoulos is Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Business and Law, Teesside University, UK.