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Solent: Southampton Solent University leads cyber-crime research

8 April 2014
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Researchers from Southampton Solent University are working with the Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office (ACRO) to crack down on one of the world’s fastest growing criminal activities – cyber-crime.

Using the experiences and expertise of chief officers in the UK and USA, criminology experts from Southampton Solent are looking at ways to better understand, analyse and police online criminal activity.

Their findings will be shared with ACRO, providing a professional forum for ideas and international best practice, co-ordinating resources and helping deliver effective policing and public safety.

Dr Simon Fox, senior lecturer in criminology at the University, recently appeared as a keynote speaker at ACRO’s 'Becoming Cyber Savvy' conference, alongside a panel of experts including Ian Readhead, chief executive at Association of Chief Police Officers, director of information at the Association of Chief Police Officers, and past deputy chief constable Dr Bray Barnes of SES Group (formerly US Department of Homeland Security) and Dr Robert Bell of SES Group (formerly New Jersey State Police).

He told delegates at the packed conference attended by the Hampshire Police Service and its cyber-crime department, The Home Office, National Crime Agency, ACPO and academia: “Cyber-crime moves through countries’ borders with ease, and is carried on the back of technological innovation. Cyber-crime offers the most pervasive means to do ‘wrong’ against others, and emphasises the need to overcome our jurisdictional differences.”

Speaking after the conference Fox said: “Fighting cyber-crime is a real challenge for the law enforcement authorities. My colleague Dr Esther Snell and I have been doing some really interesting work, looking at how it is investigated, considering procedural powers and jurisdictional uncertainty.”

Recognising the need for further education in this area, the University is running cyber-crime as a course unit within the criminology programme. Snell and Fox are also in the process of developing courses on cyber-crime security, for businesses and government bodies.

“It became evident from the APCO conference that cyber-crime is rapidly increasing, and we all need to educate ourselves for prevention and protection,” said Fox.


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