Research on Criminology pdf
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Running head: CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCHCriminology ResearchName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note
1CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCHIdentifying author of the research The Cardiff University has prepared this research, which has been commissioned by theCity of London Corporation with the assistance from the City of London Police in October2015. This research explores the nature of economic cybercrime and its impact on policing. Theresearch emphasizes on the positive as well as negative changes that has been brought about byadvanced technology. This report particularly emphasizes on the ways that technologicaladvancement gave rise to commit economic crimes, thus, enabling the frauds or offenders toperpetrate at great speed, at scale and at a distance without requiring any physical contactbetween the victim and the offender (The Implications of Economic Cybercrime for Policing2015). The City of London Police is the National policing Lead for Economic Crime who playsa fundamental role in addressing such challenges by developing a national strategy and byundertaking initiatives to reduce fraud like training in specialist skills in both public and privatesector (Reid 2015). Purpose of the ResearchThere has been a rapid growth in economic crimes and the report has been prepared todetermine the effectiveness of the initiatives undertaken by the police to work in partnerships andwith other agencies to disrupt criminal activities followed by prosecution of offenders (TheImplications of Economic Cybercrime for Policing 2015). The framers of the report haveprovided new data and analysis associated with the scale of this activity along with acomprehensive perception of the challenges that are being faced by the law enforcement andpolicing responses.
2CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCHAims of the ResearchThis report aims at:evaluating the efficacy of the several forms of approaches that have been implemented toprevent and address the criminal activities; emphasizing significantly on the initiatives like partnership working, awareness raising,intelligence-led policing and information sharing across the industry; providing practical suggestions to assist the police in preventing further commission ofeconomic cybercrimes in the future;The economic cybercrime challenges traditional policing models, which includesinvestigation and detection as it demonstrates a standard shift in the method of committing suchcrimes. Given the rapid growth in the economic cybercrime, it is fundamental to embrace morepartnership related activities as well as undergoing changes in approaches like increasedemphasis on disruption and prevention over conventional investigation and traditional policing.Research QuestionsThe report aims at addressing the following research questions: What resources in terms of effort and money should be considered valuable for greatercyber security?What should be the specific responsibilities and roles of the police?How should the negative impact of cybercrime be dealt with in policing?How should the police respond to the challenges that they face while undertaking theinitiatives?
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