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Cull, Nicholas David (2020) An exploration of the understanding and capabilities of police officers within Devon and Cornwall police in tackling cyber crime. (unpublished BSc dissertation), University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth
Abstract
Cybercrime is a threat that is rising exponentially and although the UK Government deems it to be a priority by developing a plan for the police to be able to fight
cybercrime there is little evidence that the police are adapting and taking the threat of cybercrime seriously. This study was conducted with police officers from Devon and
Cornwall Police with the aim of establishing officer s understanding and capabilities in responding to cybercrime and to establish if the training they received is sufficient to
tackle cybercrime. The research was conducted by means of an online survey that was open to police officers on the Devon and Cornwall Police Intranet site for a period
of two weeks in March 2020 resulted in 18 responses. The survey itself was a mixed method sur vey and contained questions which were both qualitative and quantitative
and designed to explore the police officers thoughts about cybercrime.
The study found that officers had a basic awareness that cybercrime was committed by use of the internet but showed little other knowledge regarding the difference between cyber enabled and cyber dependent crime. Most were aware there was a specialist department within Devon and Cornwall Police who are tasked with dealing with cybercrime, however the majority of the research participants did not feel the police were effective at fighting cybercrime. In regards to training the clear consensus was that the majority of the participants had received no training and where there had been training it was not substantial The survey did have numerous limitations, in particular there was little depth in the questions posed, and there was no follow up opportunity to explore respondent’s experiences of cybercrime to support firm conclusions on whether the police is wholly failing to respond to the ever rising threat of cybercrime.
Course: Risk and Security Management - BSc (Hons) - C1565
Date Deposited: 2020-11-23
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