Our Research

Our vision is to deliver excellence in applied research for policing and security. Our approach blends evidence-based research, policy and practice with the development of tangible solutions that have a real-world impact on the security domain.

Books

Green information technology: A sustainable approach

2015

Dastbaz, M., Pattinson, C., & Akhgar, B.

Morgan Kaufmann

Cyber crime and cyber terrorism investigator's handbook.

2014

Akhgar, B., Staniforth, A., & Bosco, F. (Eds.)

Syngress

Emerging trends in ICT security

2013

Akhgar, B. & Arabnia, H. R. (Eds.).

Morgan Kaufman

Strategic intelligence management: National security imperatives and information and communications technologies

2013

Akhgar, B., & Yates, S. (Eds.).

Butterworth-Heinemann

Journal Articles

Bayerl, P.S., Horton, K.E., Jacobs, G., Rogiest, S., Reguli, Z., Gruschinske, M., Costanzo, P., Stojanovski, T., Vonas, G., Gasco, M., & Elliott, K. (2014). Perspectives on the police profession: an international investigation. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 37 (4), 728-745.
Polovina, S., Andrews, S., Akhgar, B., Staniforth, A., & Fortune, D. (2014). The EMPRISES pan-European Framework: Monitoring and Combatting Serious Organised Economic Crime. International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications (IJCSSA), 2(2), 76-87.
Brewster, B., Akhgar, B., Staniforth, A., Waddington, D., Andrews, S., Mitchell, S. J., & Johnson, K. (2014). Towards a model for the integration of knowledge management in law enforcement agencies. International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics 9, 6(1), 1-17.
Yates, S. J., Akhgar, B., Bates, C., Jopek, L., & Wilson, R. (2011). A platform for discovering and sharing confidential ballistic crime data. International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence, 2(2-3), 202-218.

Book Chapters

Waddington, D. (2017). Police liaison approaches to managing political protest: A critical analysis of a prominent UK example. In: Community Policing-A European Perspective. (pp. 83-97). Springer, Cham.
Bayerl, P. S., & Jacobs, G. (2017). Evaluating the design and implementation of CP-support technologies: A participatory framework. In: Community Policing-A European Perspective. (pp. 247-267). Springer, Cham.
Andrews, S., Day, T., Domdouzis, K., Hirsch, L., Lefticaru, R., & Orphanides, C. (2017). Analyzing crowd-sourced information and social media for crisis management. In: Application of social media in crisis management. (pp. 77-96). Springer, Cham.
Lyle, A., Day, T., & McSeveny, K. (2017). The final ATHENA test case: an integrated view of ATHENA. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 205-224). Springer, Cham.
Jeraj, J., Fink, A., Lyle, A., Day, T., & Blair, K. (2017). Preliminary ATHENA case studies: Test-bed development and delivery. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 193-204). Springer, Cham.
Sampson, F., & Lyle, A. (2017). Legal considerations relating to the police use of social media. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 171-190). Springer, Cham.
Bahk, C., Baptista, L., Winokur, C., Colodzin, R., & Domdouzis, K. (2017). The ATHENA Mobile Application. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 97-113). Springer, Cham.
Andrews, S. (2017). Best practices in the design of a citizen focused crisis management platform. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 59-75). Springer, Cham.