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Richard Sinclair

Biography

Richard completed his MSt in Applied Criminology Police Management (Police Executive Programme) in 2022. His MSt disseration was on 'Targeting victims with crime prevention methods more effectively by using big data'. 

Research

  • Interests are crime prevention, fraud and online crime, use of big data to better understand and forecast victims of crime. 
  • PhD dissertation research: 'How to best message victims of fraud crimes by demographic to reduce repeat victimisation and encourage behavioural change'.

Publications

Key publications: 

Sinclair, R.,  Bland, M. P., & Savage, B. (2023).  Dating hot spot to fraud hot spot: Targeting the social characteristics of romance fraud victims in England and Wales. Criminology & Public Policy, 22(4), 591-611. Special Issue: Cybercrime and Cybersecurity

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Person keywords: 
crime prevention, fraud and online crime

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