The Illegal Trade of Medicines on Social Media: Evaluating Situational Crime Prevention Measures

by Gabriele Baratto

This book evaluates the impact of situational crime prevention measures implemented by social media platforms to identifying, blocking, and removing content linked to illegal traded medicines. It discusses the extent of social media usage in trafficking of medicines; the ease of access; visibility of the content; language of posts; products most traded; and types of posts. Research results support the hypothesis of the limited impact of these measures,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030575810
• ISBN13: 9783030575816
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 115 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"