Caught in the Web: Virtual Kidnapping and Digital Scams

Notes: Ms. Aybar traces her interest in criminal justice, government and politics back to childhood. She recalls her father having her choose a current event from the Sunday newspaper and then discu...

1 Sep 24min

Notes: Ms. Ayerza studied criminology, forensic behavioural sciences and psychology. Her early research examined eyewitness memory and the re-entry of exonerees before she became interested in cyber...

1 Aug 23min

Notes: Irnasya Hadi explains how growing up with the internet, and being frustrated by the limited connection between critical criminology and cybercrime, drew her toward the study of cyber insecuri...

1 Jul 29min

Notes: Dr. Bridgman discusses his path from Winnipeg to McGill and how he became involved with the Media Ecosystem Observatory while still a PhD student. The conversation turns to the origins of th...

1 Jun 34min

Notes: The conversation begins with his path into teaching public policy, despite never having planned a conventional academic career, and why translating technical subjects for non-technical studen...

1 Mai 34min

Notes: Cybercrime is often treated as a distinct phenomenon, but there are strong continuities with offline crime that are frequently overlooked. Digital technologies change behaviour and scale, bu...

1 Apr 30min

Notes: Dr Samuel Tanner began his doctoral research examining war crimes and armed militias involved in mass violence in the Balkans, conducting extensive fieldwork and interviews with participants ...

1 Mar 36min

Notes:Dr Bekkers describes his academic pathway from psychology to criminology and explains why his research focus has consistently been on offenders and their behaviour rather than on offences or tec...

1 Feb 25min