Conville & Walsh

Neil Barrett takes the reader into the world of the computer criminal and guides us through some of the high-profile cases he has worked on, from pop icon Gary Glitter’s conviction as a paedophile through cases of hacking and fraud to rape and even murder. As Neil – once a computer hacker himself – says, the old FBI mantra of investigation, that every contact leaves a trace, no longer applies. Almost every large crime today involves two traces; the physical and the virtual. With many criminals now relying on computers and encrypting their messages as a matter of course, Neil has increasingly been brought in as an expert witness or investigator by police forces, big business and government offices across Britain. Using this unique position he is able to take the reader into a completely new world and investigative discipline: the world of the computer criminologist.