An introduction to the social and policy issues which have arisen as a result of IT. Whilst it assumes a modest familiarity with computers, the book provides a guide to the issues suitable for undergraduates.

The papers in this collection explore how risk, privacy, trust and crime interact with new digital technologies and the future of crime and crime prevention on the Internet.

This book contains the papers presented and discussed at the conference that was held in May/June 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and that was sponsored by Working Group 8.2 of the International Federation for Information ...

In this volume a multifocal view will be developed to focus upon what profiling is, where it is applied and what may be the impact on democracy and rule of law.

This book presents multidisciplinary answers from research, government, and industry.

"This book examines the role that citizens play in the development of electronic government or e-government,specifically focusing on the impact of e-government and citizens, exploring issues of policy and management in government"--Provided ...

This book, together with volume 1, documents this interesting development and explores the underlying causes. The findings are brought together in a final summary chapter by Atkinson, Piketty and Saez.

Contributors include scholars from North America, Europe, Saudi Arabia, and China. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Professor Keith Devlin argues that to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of intelligence and knowledge acquisition, we must broaden our concept of logic.