Virtual Worlds and Criminality

• Verfasst von: Cornelius, Kai
• Titel: Virtual Worlds and Criminality
• Mitwirkende: Hermann, Dieter
• Verf.angabe: edited by Kai Cornelius, Dieter Hermann
• Verlagsort: Berlin, Heidelberg
• Verlag: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Jahr: 2011
• Umfang: Online-Ressource (IX, 124 S., Ill., digital)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: SpringerLink : Bücher
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-3-642-20823-2
• DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-20823-2
• Schlagwörter: (s)Virtuelle Realität / (s)Gewaltdarstellung / (s)Internet / (s)Stoffungebundene Sucht
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift: (2011 : Heidelberg)
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Virtual worlds and criminality. - Berlin : Springer, 2011. - IX, 124 S.
• RVK-Notation: PZ 3700
• K10plus-PPN: 1651017662

Abstract

Dieter Hermann

Abstract

The fusion between virtuality and reality has created a new quality of experience establishing metaverses and virtual worlds. Second Life, Twinity, Entropia Universe or Fregger have experienced rapid growth in recent years and show no signs of slowing down. Not only have countless companies discovered these 'virtureal worlds' as marketplaces, but so have fraudsters and other criminals. In this book, European experts from different academic disciplines show how to meet the new challenges arising from virtual worlds. They discuss the reasons for and the impacts of these new forms of criminality