Digital Criminology

Dr Cassandra Cross1 1Queensland University Of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Each year, millions of individuals experience fraud victimisation globally through a variety of approaches. The impacts of fraud can be significant and extend beyond pure financial losses to many non-financial harms....
  • August 22, 2018
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A/Prof. James Martin1 1Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Australia The encrypted darknet is increasingly used as a means by which people buy and sell illicit drugs. This trend is particularly evident in Australia, which has the 2nd highest concentration of online drug...
  • August 22, 2018
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Dr Imogen Richards1 1Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia In recent years, societies internationally have experienced an intensification and escalation of online political extremism. This has related to, amongst other things, attacks perpetrated by neo-jihadist organisations, the international mobilisation of far-right...
  • August 22, 2018
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Prof. Murray Lee1, Associate Professor Anastasia Powell2, Dr Robin Cameron2, Dr Carolyn McKay1, Dr Greg Stratton2 1University Of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia, 2RMIT, Melbourne, Australia As digital technologies become progressively embedded into our everyday lives, so too are human-technological interactions embedded...
  • August 22, 2018
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Prof. David Tait1 1Western Sydney University, Penrith South, Australia Digital technologies are transforming the way courts do business  – just as they have for every other part of the justice system and those who come into contact with them.  Justice...
  • August 22, 2018
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Dr Susan Goldsmid1, Merryn King1, Georgina Fuller1 1Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Barton, Australia Ransomware is a form of malware that renders the victim’s computer unusable or inaccessible. A ransom is then demanded from the victim, which the ransomers state will...
  • August 22, 2018
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Dr Helen Paterson1, Dr Celine van Golde1, Dr Chris Devery2, Professor Nicholas Cowdery1, Professor Richard Kemp3 1University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2NSW Police Force, Sydney, Australia, 3UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia In the immediate aftermath of an incident, limited police resources...
  • August 22, 2018
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Dr Robin Cameron1 1RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia This paper seeks to delve beneath the populist rhetoric of white nationalism in order to highlight the complex transnational solidarities that underpin digital hate culture. The 2016 election of Donald Trump represented the...
  • August 21, 2018
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Prof. Stuart Ross1, Ms. Sophie Aitken2 1School Of Social & Political Sciences, University Of Melbourne, Northcote, Australia, 2Caraniche, 1/260 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Australia Domestic violence protection orders are civil orders intended to protect victims from further violence. However their availability...
  • August 21, 2018
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Mr Tony Moriarty1, Mr Richard Nichol1, Mr Praveen Kumar1, Mr Chao Sun2, Dr Roman Marchant3 1The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2Sydney Informatics Hub, The University of Sydney | Faculty of Arts and Social Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney,...
  • August 21, 2018
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