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<91ÈÕº«AV class="hero-details__heading hero-details__heading--main" > Professor Mark Button

Professor of Criminology

Mark.Button@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Criminology Economic Crime Cybercrime Policing Security School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime Institute of Criminal Justice Studies
<91ÈÕº«AV>Summary

I am Director of the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 91ÈÕº«AV. We are the focus for research, teaching and knowledge services in counter fraud and related issues.

We have conducted research on a wide range of areas for bodies that include the Home Office, National Fraud Authority, EPSRC, Sentencing Council, Cifas, Midlands Fraud Forum, Crowe Clark Whitehill to name some. 

I also have an interest in private policing, security management and the regulation of it and have been involved in helping to develop the standards for this for the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime.  

 

<91ÈÕº«AV>Biography

I completed my first degree in Politics at the University of Exeter. My Masters was in Industrial Relations at the University of Warwick. I received my doctorate from the London School of Economics. I also hold a PgCert in Teaching and Learning from the 91ÈÕº«AV. I am also a Fellow of the Security Institute. 

I joined the 91ÈÕº«AV in 1997 and rose from Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer, Reader to Professor in 2012. I was also Associate Head (Curriclum) of my department between 2004-2012.

Before coming to the University I was a Research Assistant to the Rt Hon Bruce George MP. I have also served as a Councillor on Portsmouth City Council.  

<91ÈÕº«AV>Research interests

My research interests began with private policing with an interest in non-state contributions to policing. This led me to fraud where this is largely the case. Along that journey I have developed interests in the following areas: 

Counter fraud 

Cyber-frauds 

Computer misuse 

Victims of fraud and computer misuse 

Fraud measurement 

Private policing 

Security management 

Private security regulation 

Doctoral supervision 

I am interested in candidates who wish to research any of my main areas of research interest identified above. 

<91ÈÕº«AV>Media availability

I am available to the media to discuss any issues relating to my research interests. 

<91ÈÕº«AV id="research-outputs" class="research-outputs__title research-outputs__title--main" > Research outputs

2024

Button, M., Hawkins, C. D., Shepherd, D. W. J.

1 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Economic Criminology. 5, 13p., 100090

Button, M., Hawkins, C. D., Shepherd, D. W. J., Tapley, J.

12 Jun 2024, In: International Review of Victimology

Belen-Saglam, R., Blackbourn, D., Button, M., Frederick, B. J., Hawkins, C. D., Nurse, J. R. C., Sugiura, L., Tapley, J.

6 Jun 2024, In: Criminology and Criminal Justice

Button, M., Jung, J., Karagiannopoulos, V., Lee, J., Suh, J. B.

1 Jun 2024, In: International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. 77, 19p., 100672

Button, M., Kapend, R., Stiernstedt, P.

7 May 2024, In: Journal of Financial Crime, 15p.

2023

Button, M., Gilmour, P. M., Hock, B., Shepherd, D. W. J.

11 Oct 2023, In: Security Journal

Button, M., Gilmour, P., Hock, B., Shepherd, D. W. J.

1 Sep 2023, In: Journal of Economic Criminology. 1, 10p., 100012

Button, M., Shepherd, D. W. J.

1 Sep 2023, In: Journal of Economic Criminology. 1, 4p., 100015

Button, M., Gilmour, P. M., Hock, B., Shepherd, D. W. J.

25 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Money Laundering Control. 27, 1, p. 5-13, 8p.

Button, M., Shepherd, D., Whitman, K., Wilson, J. M.

6 Jul 2023, In: Deviant Behaviour, 15p.