SARA CORREIA-HOPKINS
Cyber Law, Cybercrime, Data & Digital Society Research
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0261-6872
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ABOUT ME
I am a Lecturer in Cyber Threats within the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) at the HRC School of Law, Swansea University. I also produce and co-present the Cyber Law and Security Podcast. I am interested in all the ways digital technology impacts on society, with a focus on criminal and social justice. R stats enthusiast, with a healthy dose of statistical skepticism. Believer in the transformative power of education. I also love: cats, bees, any team sports but mostly Handball, my piano, the Gower and grand theories of everything.
August 2020 - Present
LECTURER IN CYBER THREATS
Lecturer at the HRC School of Law, Swansea University. I teach on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. I work with partners in law enforcement, industry and third sector to improve law and policy. Passionate about harnessing different types of knowledge, working across disciplines, challenging methodological orthodoxies and ethically using data to make our lives safer and more fulfilling.
February 2019 - August 2020
RESEARCH OFFICER / QUALIY LIAISON MANAGER
I supported several research areas at the UK's Office for National Statistics to quality assure statistics which integrate non-survey data e.g. administrative and big data. I contributed to the writing of a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) taskforce report, on the measurement of the quality of administrative sources for use in censuses (forthcoming).
September 2015 - May 2020
TUTOR IN LAW & CRIMINOLOGY
I delivered guest lectures and regular small group seminars at Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate level. This included developing teaching materials for guest lectures, facilitating seminar sessions and giving students feedback on specific assignments and their academic development more broadly.
THE HUMAN IMPACT OF CYBERCRIME
This research strand focuses on the human impact of cyber-crime, including national and comparative research into experiences of victimisation resulting from a range of online crimes such as fraud, computer offences, cyber-harassment and online drug markets.
CYBER CRIME REGULATION & RESPONSE
Legal and policy responses to cyber-crime victimisation and vulnerability. This includes responses to cyber-crime itself, the use of automation, the prevalence of multi-agency partnerships and the role of cyber insurance.
CYBER OFFENDERS
Cyber-offender motivations and modus operandi, especially new and emerging criminal practices, the use of the Dark Web and the Deep Web. It includes the on/offline nexus across a range of online criminal activity and consider legal and ethical issues associated with “ethical hacking”.
DATAFICATION, ETHICS & ACCESS TO JUSTICE
The impact of datafication (leveraging processes to gain surplus value from the data they generate) on ethics and access to justice/services. Datafication can help or hinder individual rights and access to services. It also raises issues complex ethical questions around research ethics, institutional surveillance and proportionality.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Correia, S. (2019). The response to cybercrime and fraud victimisation: a case study. Crime Science, 8, 1-12.
Macdonald, S., Correia, S. & Watkin, A (2019). Regulating Terrorist Content on Social Media: Automation and the Rule of Law. International Journal of Law in Context, 15, 183-197.
Awan, I., & Correia, S. (2015). Engaging with the Muslim community in Cardiff: A Study of the impact of counter terrorism research. Fieldwork in Religion, 10(1), 43-64.
REPORTS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Blakeborough, L. & Correia, S. (2018). Developing understanding of the scale, nature and impacts of fraud on individuals and businesses. Home Office.
Bishop, P. & Correia, S. (2017). Enhancing Successful Transition: Assessing the Needs and Wants of Incoming Students: Report. Swansea University Academy of Inclusivity and Learner Success (SAILS).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Correia, S. (2019). A Victim-Focused Response to Repeat Fraud and Computer Misuse Crimes: Challenges and Opportunities through Admin Data Linkage. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research, Cardiff.
Correia, S. & Watkin, A. (2018). Regulating social media: due process and tactical displacement. Paper presented at the Society for Terrorism Research Postgraduate Conference, Swansea University, Swansea.
Bishop, P., & Correia, S. (2018). The Challenge of Successful Transition to University Education: Insights and Possible Solutions. Paper presented at the Swansea Academy for Learning and Teach (SALT) Conference: Teaching with Impact: Innovate, Develop, Engage, Aspire, Swansea.
Correia, S. (2017). Criminal justice responses to cybercrime in Wales: Working in partnership to help victims. Paper presented at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity, India International Centre, New Delhi.
Correia, S. (2017). Fraud, computer crimes and the ‘4Ps’: national policy & local response. Paper presented at the European Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Cardiff University. Cardiff.
Correia, S. (2016). Profiling Victims of Identity Theft and Online Fraud in Wales. Paper presented at the Rethinking Cybercrime Conference, University of Central Lancashire. Preston.
“À motié victime, à motié complice, comme tout le monde.”
[Half victim, half accomplice, like everyone]
Jean-Paul Sartre
Les mains sales, Paris, Gallimard, 1948
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