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The reality of 'cyber security awareness': findings and policy implications for Scotland (2021)
Report
Horgan, S. (2021). The reality of 'cyber security awareness': findings and policy implications for Scotland. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research, and the Scottish Government

This briefing paper represents a summary of doctoral research that explores how different groups make sense of and respond to cybercrime in their everyday lives. The research found that people from different groups, places, and times think about cybe... Read More about The reality of 'cyber security awareness': findings and policy implications for Scotland.

Re-territorialising the policing of cybercrime in the post-COVID-19 era: towards a new vision of local democratic cyber policing (2021)
Journal Article
Horgan, S., Collier, B., Jones, R., & Shepherd, L. (2021). Re-territorialising the policing of cybercrime in the post-COVID-19 era: towards a new vision of local democratic cyber policing. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 11(3), 222-239. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-08-2020-0034

Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop the theorisation of cybercrime in the context of the pandemic, and to sketch out a vision of how law enforcement might respond to a transformed landscape of online crime and offending. Design/method... Read More about Re-territorialising the policing of cybercrime in the post-COVID-19 era: towards a new vision of local democratic cyber policing.

Barriers to a Cyberaware Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Horgan, S., & Collier, B. (2016). Barriers to a Cyberaware Scotland. Scottish Justice Matters, 4(3), 19-20

CYBERSECURITY poses particular challenges to policy, policing and the public. Despite recent shifts in policing and security strategies, online victimisation is a major and growing problem for the Scottish criminal justice system. This article seeks... Read More about Barriers to a Cyberaware Scotland.

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for cybercrime policing in Scotland: A rapid review of the evidence and future considerations
Preprint / Working Paper
Collier, B., Horgan, S., Jones, R., & Shepherd, L. (2020). The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for cybercrime policing in Scotland: A rapid review of the evidence and future considerations. Edinburgh

This report is written with a Scottish audience in mind, but our conclusions are potentially relevant to changing police practices around the world. COVID-19 and the government response to it have given rise to a small number of novel ‘targeted’ cybe... Read More about The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for cybercrime policing in Scotland: A rapid review of the evidence and future considerations.