Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
Date: December 13, 2004Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
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... Armed with the latest information and techniques, investigators should be well placed to respond in a timely way to the vast range of challenges that high tech crime has created for the international community.
Acknowledgments
An earlier version of this paper appeared in the Council of International Investigators' International Councillor 2(18) June 2003: 17-19.
The author gratefully acknowledges the helpful comments of two anonymous reviewers and an officer of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre.
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Dr Russell G. Smith is Principal Criminologist at the Australian Institute of Criminology
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