Cryptomarkets : a Research Companion /

Since the launch of the infamous Silk Road the use of cryptomarkets - illicit markets for drugs on the dark web - has expanded rapidly around the world. Cryptomarkets: A Research Companionis a detailed guidebook which offers the tools necessary to begin researching cryptomarket phenomena and the dar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, James, 1981-
Otros Autores: Cunliffe, Jack, Munksgaard, Rasmus
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Emerald studies in digital crime, technology and social harms.
Temas:
Drug traffic.
Dark Web.
Black market.
Computer crimes.
Electronic commerce > Moral and ethical aspects.
Drogues > Trafic.
Internet clandestin.
Marché noir.
Criminalité informatique.
Commerce électronique > Aspect moral.
Crime & criminology.
Social Science > Criminology.
Black market
Computer crimes
Dark Web
Drug traffic
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; FM; Half Title; Series Page; EDITORIAL BOARD; Title page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1: A Modern-day History of Cryptomarkets; 1.1. Overview; 1.2. THE 'CALM', OR ANARCHY, BEFORE THE STORM; 1.3. SILK ROAD MARKETPLACE
  • A PARADIGM CHANGE; 1.3.1. An Illegal Platform Economy; 1.3.2. Encryption and Anonymity; 1.3.3. Introducing Governance: Dispute Resolution and Escrow; 1.3.4. Politics, Community and Book Clubs; 1.3.5. 'This Hidden Site Has Been Seized'; 1.4. DOWNFALL OF A MONOPOLY; 1.4.1. Hacks, Scams and Chaos
  • 1.4.2. Fraudsters and Politics1.4.3. First as Tragedy, then as Farce (with Minor Adjustments); 1.5. ONYMOUS AND ONWARDS; 1.5.1. Centralisation; 1.5.2. Localisation; 1.5.3. Increasing and Novel External Action; 1.6. Conclusion; NOTES; Chapter 2: The Current State of the Cryptomarket Trade; 2.1. The State of Cryptomarkets; 2.1.1. Overall Market Size and Growth; 2.1.2. Cryptomarket Lifecycle; 2.1.3. Geographical Distribution and Regional Clustering; 2.1.4. Competition, Reputation and Sales; 2.2. What Is, and Is Not, On Cryptomarkets?; 2.2.1. Market Composition, Demand and Supply
  • 2.2.2. Non-drug Products2.2.3. Weapons; 2.2.4. Prohibited Goods and Services; 2.3. Impact on Conventional Drug Distribution Networks; 2.4. Harm Reduction; 2.5. Concluding Remarks; NOTES; Chapter 3: Cryptomarket Research Methods, Ethics and; 3.1. Scope of the Chapter; 3.2. The Cryptomarket Environment; 3.3. Methods and Approaches Used to-Date; 3.3.1. Qualitative Approaches; 3.3.2. Survey Data; 3.3.3. Digital Trace, from the Markets; 3.3.4. Digital Trace, from Elsewhere; 3.3.5. Test Buys; 3.4. Methodological Limitations and Implications; 3.4.1. Current Limitations and Other Possible Methods
  • 3.4.2. Importance of Interdisciplinary Work and Theory3.4.3. The Ever-present Issue of Ethics (and Law Enforcement); 3.5. Methodological Summary; NOTES; Chapter 4: Charting the Unknown and Future Directions; 4.1. Scope; 4.2. Where to Now?; 4.2.1. Continued Growth and Platform Stability; 4.2.2. Increasing Localisation; 4.2.3. A Natural Limit?; 4.2.4. Crackdowns, Volatility and External Shocks; 4.2.5. Increasing Intersection with Other Drug Markets; 4.2.6. Increased Offending Due to Exposure to Other Illicit Goods and Services; 4.2.7. Gentrification; 4.2.8. Harm Reduction
  • 4.2.9. A Summary of Predictions4.3. Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; INDEX

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