Yazar bu kitapta Orta Doğu, Orta Asya ve Afrika’daki birçok kronik sorunu masaya yatırmış, derinden irdelemiş, konu hakkında bilgiler sunmuş ve dönem dönem var olan problemlere çözüm olarak kendi şahsi yorumlarını da eklemiştir. Söz konusu bu büyük coğrafyadaki sorunların, çatışmaların, gelişmelerin tarihsel dönüşüm ve toplumsal değişimlerin akademik prensiplere uygunluğunun yanı sıra açıklamalarını da sade bir üslupla dile getirmesi, başta öğrencilerimiz olmak üzere bölgedeki gelişmelere ilgi duyanların başvuracağı değerli bir kaynak haline getirmiştir.

Prof. Dr. Bayram KAYA

Economic cybercrime is one of the unwelcomed consequences of unprecedented intrusion of the Internet in our daily lives. Academic interest in understanding the causes and adverse impacts of cybercrime is growing. Opportunity perspective, which perceives individuals’ daily routines and lifestyles as the primary facilitator of victimization, has been widely applied as a theoretical and conceptual framework in cybercrime victimization research. However, this approach put the responsibility of the victimization on victims explicitly, which hampers the application of crime prevention and reduction efforts. This book presents the Contextual Vulnerabilities approach based on the significant findings of a doctoral study conducted at Durham University in the United Kingdom. Contextual vulnerabilities approach posits that cybercrime victimization is the outcome of the confluence of contextual factors that are mostly beyond victims’ control. This approach presumes that controlling individual (micro-level), macro-level and socio-cultural vulnerabilities may prevent cybercrime victimization. Though the preliminary goal of this book is to provide a new theoretical perspective to scholars researching victimization in cyberspace, I hope the wider audience would find it informative.