Overview

-Introduction to e-crime -Internet-facilitated crime – fraud, theft, harassment, online sexual exploitation -Internet-enabled crime – hacking, phishing -Organised crime online -The dark net -Digital technologies in policing -Spatial mapping and predictive policing

Learning Outcomes

• Discuss complex types of digital-facilitated crimes, their impact, and the additional sources of intelligence that can be obtained during a complex investigation

• Discuss the ways in which technology may be used in everyday policing, including spatial and predictive modelling

• Examine types of internet-facilitated crimes, and individuals who may be especially vulnerable

• Interrogate the personal and organisational risks associated with using personal devices and being a member of law enforcement

• Review the prevalence of technology and devices in modern society and their effect on policing