(Ebook) Financial Identity Theft: Context, Challenges and Countermeasures by Nicole S. van der Meulen (auth.) ISBN 9789067048132, 9067048135

(Ebook) Financial Identity Theft: Context, Challenges and Countermeasures by Nicole S. van der Meulen (auth.) ISBN 9789067048132, 9067048135

When identity theft first emerged as a problem of public policy in the United States, during the last decade of the twentieth century, the rest of the world was still fast asleep. This changed several years later as other countries awakened to similar problems and a sense of potential urgency surrounding the topic of identity theft began to spread. Identity theft, especially as a result of developments in digital technology, became a threat worthy of social and political attention. With its (gradual) spread the need increases to understand how identity theft occurs and how perpetrators of the crime manage to take advantage of developments within contemporary society. For such an understanding it is vital to assess the effectiveness of current countermeasures and introduce innovative ones.