The opportunities afforded through digital and communications technologies, in particular social media, have inspired a diverse range of interdisciplinary perspectives exploring how such advancements influence the way we live. Rather than positioning technology as existing in a separate space to society more broadly, the 'digital society' is a concept that recognises such technologies as an embedded part of the larger social entity and acknowledges the incorporation of digital technologies, media, and networks in our everyday lives (Lupton 2014), including in crime perpetration, victimisation and justice. In this article, we explore potential for an interdisciplinary concept of digital society to expand and inspire innovative crime and justice scholarship within an emerging field of 'digital criminology'.
KeywordsCybercrime; cyber; virtual; digital society; digital criminology.
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Why is it that one feels as though they have to say that 9/11 was a
‘tragic’, ‘terrible’ or ‘horrific’ event? Why is this inclination intensified
if one seeks to comment critically on U.S. politics? Is it not clear
that death on that scale and in that manner is without exception horrific,
terrible and tragic? Or, is it that as a critical scholar I feel compelled
to clarify that I am not with the terrorists simply because I
intend to critique aspects of U.S. foreign policy? The point of this is
not to argue that one should stop referring to 9/11 as ‘horrific’, ‘terrible’
or ‘tragic’, but rather to examine what causes individuals to
monitor the way in which they act when they engage with a powerful
foreign policy consensus.
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