How do technological developments change the nature of crime and criminal behaviour?

Adrian Beck (Reader in Criminology) and James Treadwell (Lecturer in Criminology) from the University of Leicester outline examples of online crime and the way emerging technologies both create new - and change existing - forms of criminal behaviour.

Key concepts covered in this video:

• Materialist approach

• Online crime

• Identity theft

• New opportunities for crime

• Risk

• Anonymity