Hacked: A Radical Approach to Hacker Culture & Crime

‘A highly original, insightful, carefully researched and elegantly written study of hacker culture. Through an impressive synthesis of insights from critical and cultural criminology, classical and contemporary social theory, politics and political economy, Kevin Steinmetz delivers a new and provocative understanding of hacking and its place in contemporary information capitalism. A ‘˜must read’ for students and scholars of crime, new media and digital culture.’? ‘Majid Yar, author of Cybercrime and Society

“One of the only books in criminology that takes seriously the intersection of hacker culture and political economy. Hacked is theoretically insightful, analytically rich, and well written.” ‘Victor E. Kappeler, co-author of The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice