Modern Crime Gets Serious Attention At University Events
25 June 2012
This week's conferences at the University of Derby will look at the very latest criminal investigation methods.
Over the two days we will hear from people working at the cutting edge of law enforcement.
”Dr David Walsh.
Dr David Walsh, University Subject Head for Criminology Programmes.
'Super grasses' and cyber-crime will be among the many subjects discussed over two days at a University of Derby conference this week devoted to international policing methods.
Experts from across the UK will speak at the Serious and Organised Crime Conference on Tuesday (June 26) and Policing the Internet Conference on Wednesday (June 27), both at the University's Buxton Campus. The University events are being hosted in partnership with The Investigator magazine.
On Tuesday the speakers will include:
- Ian Hynes, of the Greater Manchester Police Major Crime Team - on best practice in using 'super grasses' or covert human intelligence sources
- Hannah Wilkinson and Darren Gorvett, of Hertfordshire Constabulary's Serious and Organised Crime Group - on criminal extortion
- Kevin Bampton, Head of the University of Derby's School of Law and Criminology - on the legal challenges of trans-national crime.
On Wednesday representatives from the Government's Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology will talk about their current cyber-crime projects. There will also be presentations by:
- Deputy Chief Constable Peter Goodman, regional e-Crime lead for East Midlands and member of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) e-Crime group - on developing police capability to tackle cyber crime
- Jo Drummond-Child, Course Leader in Cyber Crime at the University of Derby - on current legal issues around cyber crime
- Andrew Beckett, cyber crime lead for global company Cassidian Systems - on the economics behind electronic or e-crime.
Dr David Walsh, University Subject Head for Criminology Programmes and joint conferences organiser, said: "Over the two days we will hear from people working at the cutting edge of law enforcement, tackling new kinds of crime with online tools and analytical knowledge which wouldn't even have been in use up to a few years ago.
"These are the types of issues we cover in the University of Derby's Masters degree programmes; both in the MSc in Criminal Investigation, and the MSc in Cybercrime and E-investigation.
"It promises to be a very interesting couple of days at the University of Derby."
For more information about the two conferences, on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 26-27), see website www.the-investigator.co.uk/conferences.php
Media requiring more information should contact Press & PR Officer Sean Kirby on 01332 591891 or 07876 476103, or email
s.kirby@derby.ac.uk
