Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 3-31-2020
Abstract
The popularity of the deterrence perspective across multiple scientific disciplines has sparked a lively debate regarding its relevance in influencing both offenders and targets in cyberspace. Unfortunately, due to the invisible borders between academic disciplines, most of the published literature on deterrence in cyberspace is confined within unique scientific disciplines. This chapter therefore provides an interdisciplinary review of the issue of deterrence in cyberspace. It begins with a short overview of the deterrence perspective, presenting the ongoing debates concerning the relevance of deterrence pillars in influencing cybercriminals’ and cyberattackers’ operations in cyberspace. It then reviews the existing scientific evidence assessing various aspects of deterrence in the context of several disciplines: criminology, law, information systems, and political science. This chapter ends with a few policy implications and proposed directions for future interdisciplinary academic research.
Recommended Citation
Maimon D. (2020) Deterrence in Cyberspace: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Empirical Literature. In: Holt T., Bossler A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
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Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons, Defense and Security Studies Commons, Information Security Commons
Comments
Publisher version available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90307-1_24-1. The archived and publisher version may slightly differ due to copyediting. To learn more about the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group visit https://aysps.gsu.edu/ and ebcs.gsu.edu.