Internet Addiction and Online Gaming (Cybersafety)

Samuel Mcquade

ISBN 10: 1604136960 ISBN 13: 9781604136968

Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

The internet is available anywhere, anytime, but this accessibility makes it difficult for people with online addictions or compulsions to avoid the object of their compulsion. This discusses the nature of these problems, their impact on society, and how readers can identify an emerging addiction.

About this title

About the Author:

SAMUEL C. MCQUADE, III, currently serves as the Professional Studies Graduate Program Coordinator at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former Air National Guard security officer, deputy sheriff and police officer, police organizational change consultant, National Institute of Justice Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Study Director for the Committee on Law and Justice at the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences. His textbook Understanding and Managing Cybercrime was published in 2006.

From the Inside Flap:

The Cybersafety set is intended to help teens better understand the nature of the online world, learn to analyze the information found there, and inform them about online pitfalls and dangerous behaviors so that they can stay safe and get the most from their online experience. The books examine the typical activities teens undertake online and point out the risks connected to them while offering advice on how to avoid them. They also define and explain different types of cybercrime, from digital piracy to identity theft to stalking, and use real-life cases to illustrate how serious they can be. Also covered are the techniques criminals and predators use online, how law enforcement combats cybercrime, current laws about cybercrime, and what is appropriate behavior in the online world.

The books the Cybersafety set give middle and high school students and teachers alike the information they need to protect themselves in cyberspace.

Each book in this set explores a different aspect of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and mobile communications and computing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1604136960
• ISBN 13: 9781604136968
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 162