Crysta Price, HTI Labs, Creighton University discusses human trafficking, including a case walkthrough that describes how data analytics, AI, and collaboration with law enforcement agencies led to the dismantling of…
Director’s Blog: February 2021
Most of my professional career was spent doing incident response and digital forensics work. This work has a natural flow from data collection, to analysis, to outcomes and associated actions,…
Highlights – CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Martin Bouchard – “Social Outlaws: What Network Data Tells Us About Gangs”
Watch highlights from Martin Bouchard’s CINA Distinguished Speaker Series talk about “Social Outlaws: What Network Data Tells Us About Gangs”.
How ‘Hot Spots’ Policing Can Reduce Community Violence
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David Weisburd is one of the most prolific and important criminologists of the past 50 years. The winner of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, Weisburd has published more than two…
The New Yorkers bedeviled by crime
Recent data in New York City suggest that violent crime is on the rise. However, over the last three decades, there has been a more than 70% decline in index…
Director’s Blog: April 2021
The threat landscape facing our nation and world is complex, varied, and dynamic. We are actively dealing with a global pandemic, mass shootings, foreign and domestic terrorism, climate change, supply…
First Virtual DHS COE Summit Highlights COVID Operational Impact and Research
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For the third time running, CINA joined our Center of Excellence counterparts and more than 1,200 registrants for the DHS COE Summit from May 17-21, 2021. Leading up to the…
CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Jeffrey Hardy “Illicit Trade in the Forms of Trademark Counterfeiting and Copyright Piracy”
From smuggling, counterfeiting and tax evasion, to the trafficking of humans and wildlife, illicit trade holds back progress, increases costs and pushes the goals further away. While data on this…
Highlights – CINA Distinguished Speaker Series with Christopher Koper and Beidi Dong: “Understanding and Countering Mass Violence in America”
Watch the highlights from the CINA Distinguished Speaker Series with Christopher Koper and Beidi Dong. The presentation highlights recent and ongoing research by the presenters and their colleagues on the…
CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Diana Dolliver “Cryptocurrencies and Criminal Investigations: From Transaction to Seizure”
Watch Diana Dolliver’s presentation covering the fundamentals of cryptocurrencies, transactions, and blockchain technologies, and how this form of currency can be used to facilitate criminal activity. Dr. Dolliver will explain how…



