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UCLAN 2^ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERCRIME – SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE EXTENSTION TO 1^st JUNE 2017

 

Date & Venue

Monday 3^rd and Tuesday 4^th July 2017

University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO 1^ST JUNE 2017!

 

Organised by the UCLan Cybercrime Research Unit (UCRU)

 

Keynote Speakers:

§  Superintendent Detective Geraint Jones. Cheshire Constabulary and TITAN

§  Dr. Tim Owen, Director of UCRU

 

We are delighted to inform you about an exciting international conference dedicated to Cybercrime. Building upon the great success of the first, 2-day conference on Cybercrime at UCLan in June 2016 – ‘Rethinking Cybercrime’ – UCRU are now holding the event on annual basis. The theme of the ‘2^nd Annual Conference on Cybercrime’ is to critically examine the current ‘state of play’ in global cybercrime and to conceptualise developments, in tandem with attempts to inform social and educational and to respond to threats and combat cybercrime. The emphasis in this ‘2^nd Annual Conference on Cybercrime’ is more upon the ‘application’ of theory and the implications for policy and response to threats but UCRU warmly welcome submissions for papers and posters presentations on any aspect of Cybercrime.

 

Call for Papers:

UCRU are warmly inviting and encouraging participation and attendance from academics. Practitioners, professionals and students from a diverse spectrum of disciplines and fields including:

 

§  Criminology and Criminal Justice

§  Law

§  Policing, Law Enforcement and Forensic Investigation

§  Psychology

§  Sociology and Social Policy

§  Philosophy

§  Information Technology and Computing

§  Security and Counter-Terrorism

§  Armed Services

§  Prison Services

   

 Broad Conference Themes:

§  The implications for Social and Educational Policy

§  Effective Responses to Cyber –threats

§  The Growth of Cyberspace, and in particular, the so-called ‘Dark Net’ as major sites for crime and moral transgression

§  Cyber-Terrorism and the role of the internet in radicalisation

§  Identity Theft and online fraud

§  Intellectual Property Crime

§  Online Sexual Predation and Cyber-Grooming

§  Biosocial Explanations for Cyber Violence

§  Surveillance, Monitoring and Policing

§  Effectiveness of Law and Order Services in controlling Cybercrime

§  Predictive Models of Cyber Violence

To reiterate, in addition to these broad themes, UCRU welcome submissions for papers and poster presentations on any aspect of Cybercrime.

Submitting your paper

Please submit a 300 word abstract linked to the broad themes of the conference by 1^st June 2017, via email to [log in to unmask]  Abstracts will appear in the conference brochure and selected papers, together with selected papers from the previous ‘Rethinking Cybercrime’ conference, will appear in an edited collection with Palgrave Macmillan.

Contact information

For Further details about the conference and how to submit your abstract, plus online bookings, please visit the conference website: www.uclan.ac.uk/conferences

Or Contact Liz Roberts  [log in to unmask] Tel +44 (0)1772 892650.