Virtual worlds and criminality

Virtual worlds and criminality

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Edition Details

• Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Dieter Hermann, Kai Cornelius
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Germany
• Publication Information: Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2011
• Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books
• Material: Document, Internet resource
• Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
• Permalink: http://books.lawi.org.uk/virtual-worlds-and-criminality/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Print version: (UK-RwCLS)9783642208225

Short Description

1 online resource (IX, 124 pages)

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Virtual worlds and criminality is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Springer
• Responsable Person: Kai Cornelius, Dieter Hermann, editors.
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Location: Berlin
• Country/State: Germany
• Number of Editions: 16 editions
• First edition Date: 2011
• Last edition Date: 2014
• Languages: English, German
• Library of Congress Code: KD606
• Dewey Code: 364.168
• ISBN: 9783642208232 3642208231 9783642208225 3642208223
• OCLC: 755069358

Main Contents

Virtual worlds as a regulatory challenge : a user perspective / Christoph Klimmt
Crime potential of metaverses / Christian Laue
Is VIrtual VIolence a morally problematic behavior? / Tilo Hartmann
Media VIolence and criminality / Dieter Hermann
Internet dependency : symptoms, diagnosis and therapy / Bert Theodor teWildt
Conflict resolution in VIrtual worlds : general characteristics and the 2009 Dutch convictions on VIrtual theft / Arno R. Lodder
Responsibility under criminal law in VIrtual worlds / Kai Cornelius.

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Computer crimes
• Consciousness
• Criminal law
• Criminology
• Internet–Social aspects
• Shared virtual environments
• Virtual reality

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