Hacked

“Ultimately,Hackedwill hack open the true hacker spirit, and will compel its readers to widen, unshape and reshape their structural understandings of hacking and Internet crime in contemporary times.” (International Journal of Law and Information) “Steinmetz provides a provocative approach to understanding hacking, hackers, and the place of hackers within the larger U.S. economy through this framework, and he gives ample support for his approach that other researchers could easily use to further our empirical understanding of hacker as identity and hacking as practice.” (American Journal of Sociology) “WithHacked, Kevin Steinmetz has produced a skillful and original study that coaxes criminology onto new, and increasingly important, social terrain[For] anyone interested not only in what Steinmetz calls & technocrime (Steinmetz and Nobles, 2017), but also in how the Marxist analysis of crime and crime control can be revitalized in the context of 21st-century information capitalism,Hackedis highly recommended.” (British Journal of Criminology) “A sophisticated yet clearly written investigation into hacker activities through the lens of radical criminology.” (Choice) “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 “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 “While mainstream and public perceptions of hackers are filled with stereotypes, what Steinmetz does with great care and excellence in [Hacked] is surface the human voices of hacker culture in an effort to comprehend their perspectives and motivations.” (STARRED Library Journal)

Kevin F. Steinmetz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Kansas State University.