Situational Crime Prevention

Brewer, Russell; Vel-Palumbo, Melissa de; Hutchings, Alice; Holt, Thomas J.; Goldsmith, Andrew; Maimon, David

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31069-1_2

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“…The effectiveness of SCP in combating traditional crimes, ranging from robberies to vandalism, is well documented (Hodgkinson and Farrell 2018;Brewer et al 2019). Additionally, SCP is widely used to combat non-traditional crimes such as wildlife crime (Pires and Clarke 2011;Kurland et al 2017;Moreto and Gau 2017;Burton et al 2020), terrorism (Clarke and Newman 2009;Mandala and Freilich 2018;Freilich et al 2019), and maritime piracy (Shane et al 2015(Shane et al , 2018.…”

Section: Research Development Of Place Managersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the successful implementation of SCP by many governments and its wide adoption in dealing with a variety of traditional and non-traditional crimes, it is unsurprising that there is growing interests in using SCP to prevent cybercrimes (Willison 2000;Beebe and Rao 2005;Willison and Siponen 2009;Hinduja and Kooi 2013;Padayachee 2015;Ho et al 2022). Brewer et al (2019) argue that it is unclear whether SCP interventions can prevent cybercrime effectively. They note that the effectiveness of cybersecurity crime control measures in SCP (hereafter, referred to as "cyber controls") tend to focus on three limited areas: antivirus, warnings, and formal surveillance software and tools.…”

Section: Research Development Of Place Managersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This could be one reason why it is difficult for researchers who are not well versed in both SCP and cybersecurity to model and determine suitable cybersecurity controls that can be used in SCP interventions. Additionally, there are calls from researchers (Brewer et al 2019;Maimon and Louderback 2019;Ho et al 2022) for more empirical evidence to better understand the effectiveness of SCP in cybercrime prevention. This echoes the earlier calls for more evaluative research into the role of place managers (Welsh et al 2010;Douglas and Welsh 2020).…”

Section: Research Development Of Place Managersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The controls proposed in the industry cybersecurity standards are viewed as anecdotal because they are based on cybersecurity professionals' working experience rather than empirical evidence to prove their effectiveness (Siponen and Willison 2009). Our paper aims to answer research calls on the lack of empirical evidence on the effectiveness of cyberplace managers (Siponen and Willison 2009;Welsh et al 2010;Brewer et al 2019;Maimon and Louderback 2019;Douglas and Welsh 2020;Ho et al 2022) through a vignette experimental study.…”

Section: Cybersecurity Activities By Cyberplace Managersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Utilizing cyberplace managers to prevent and control cybercrimes: a vignette experimental study

Gilmour

Mazerolle

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Secur J

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Place management is central to Routine Activities Theory and proactive utilization of place managers is one of 25 Situational Crime Prevention techniques. Yet little is known about the effectiveness of using place managers to prevent cybercrimes. This paper uses a vignette experimental survey of 213 cybersecurity professionals to explore their perceptions of cybercrime prevention. We find that organizations that partner with and proactively utilize cybersecurity professionals as place managers are perceived as more effective in controlling cybercrimes than those organizations that do not specifically assign professionals to proactively prevent and control cybercrimes. We conclude that assigned cyberplace managers are more likely to use their cyber skills and knowledge than those who lack the time and space to utilize their cyber expertise.

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Section: Research Development Of Place Managersmentioning

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Section: Research Development Of Place Managersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Research Development Of Place Managersmentioning

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Application of Situational Crime Prevention Framework for Cybercrime Mitigation

Akinbowale,

Zerihun,

Mashigo

2024

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

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The purpose of this study is to apply the Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) technique to cybercrime mitigation using the South Africa cybercrime incidences as a case study. The SCP was first explained from the theoretical perspective and its five major strategies namely “increase effort”, “increase risks”, “reduce reward”, “reduce provocation” and remove excuses” were explained and linked to remote and online crimes. Prevalent cybercrimes perpetrated in South Africa were also highlighted with hacking used specifically as an example in this study. The SCP technique was tailored towards the mitigation of hacking and its prevalent forms. The SCP fraud prevention “hardening framework” was developed and validated using the hacking incidences in South Africa as a case study. Based on this policy recommendations were made to promote cyber resilience. The outcomes of this study are conceptual frameworks with guidelines for applying the SCP strategies to remote and online crime. The conceptual frameworks are suitable for cybercrime prevention and mitigation and for achieving cyber-resilience

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