Cyber-criminals are making billions, scamming unemployment and small business benefits designed to help struggling Americans during the pandemic. “Many times what we see on some of those secret communication channels are personal identifiers of individuals with real people, or real businesses that are being offered for sale,” explained David Maimon, Georgia State professor and director…
CCICADA Research Group Urges Expanded Cyber Forensics Training Nationwide
As Cyber Security Legal Cases Soar, Rutgers Team Recommends Better Preparation for Judges, Prosecutors, District Attorneys, Defense Attorneys and Others During the past two years, a Cyber Forensics Training Needs Assessment has been conducted by the Command Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA) at Rutgers University to explore the cyber forensics training…
A new study will examine delays in compensating the wrongfully convicted
It’s not realistic to expect the criminal justice system to always be perfect, but George Mason University’s Allison Redlich doesn’t think it’s too much to ask that it addresses the mistakes it makes in a fair and timely fashion. Redlich, a professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society within the College of Humanities…
GMU Researchers Help DHS Fight Cybercrime
The Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center, a Department of Homeland Security S&T Center of Excellence, supports the agency with research and tools for fighting cybercrime. Jim Jones, CINA’s director, details how researchers are working to intercept cybercriminals and educate a new generation of cybersecurity professionals. Listen to the podcast below:
Mary Ellen O’Toole on looking into the eyes of a murderer
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In the latest episode of the Access to Excellence podcast, Mason professor and former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole talks about her career and the future of Mason’s Forensic Science Program. Listen to the episode. File photo by Creative Services.
Weisburd ranked one of the world’s top criminologists
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An academic website dedicated to measuring the impact of some of the world’s top academic influencers has named George Mason University’s David Weisburd as the second-most influential criminologist of the last decade. Academic Influence cited Weisburd’s “meaningful research into white-collar crime, as well as the micro-geography of crime,” as well as his studies exploring crime…
David Maimon Recognized as Influential IT Educator
David Maimon, CINA Distinguished Speaker and Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University, is recognized as one of 30 top IT Educators to follow. View his Distinguished Speaker talk here and read more about Influential IT Educators here.
Allison Redlich, CINA Science Committee Member, Recognized as Expert
The American Psychological Association, together with the University of Ohio, recently sponsored a conference in El Paso, Texas, on False Confessions, featuring a virtual Who’s Who in the field. It was a verse crowd including false confession experts, clinicians and researchers, defense attorneys, police officers, The Texas Innocence Project, The Justice Project, and a representative from a local Texas…
Trinity Washington researchers receive guidance on summer project from FLETC
The CINA MSI Summer Research team from Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC recently presented an overview of their research project on the dynamics of high crime areas during the August 2020 CINA Board of Directors meeting. Vernon Scott, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, and his team of researchers from Trinity Washington University receive guidance from Dr. Devon…
Grant to Study How to Disrupt Illicit Cyber Trade of Narcotics and Counterfeit Drugs
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a major five-year grant to study the illicit online trade of narcotics and counterfeit drugs to Schar School of Policy and Government professor Louise Shelley and her co-principal investigator Edward Huang, an associate professor in George Mason University’s Systems Engineering & Operations Research Department. Both professors are members…