Calls for Papers

The 5th Annual Conference on the Human Factor in Cybercrime will take place in Halle (Saale) in Germany immediately after the ESC’s conference in Florence, Italy.

• Date: September 10-12, 2023
• Deadline abstract: April 30, 2023
• Deadline full paper: September 1st, 2023

All participants are required to submit an abstract and full paper. The papers will be published in a special issue of a criminology journal or an edited volume. For these reasons, and because we expect to receive more submissions than we will be able to accommodate, the organizing committee will prioritize completed research with a strong empirical component and provocative/challenging pieces that offer novel empirical perspectives to cybercrime research.

More information can be found at https://www.hfc-conference.com/call-for-papers.

The Journal of Applied Security Research: An International Journal of Police – Security Operations & Practices (JASR) aims to assist scholars, educators, practitioners, and students to better understand and meet the increasing need for security in the United States. JASR seeks to publish high quality original articles focusing on current developments in the theory and practice of security research, to advance discussion of these issues and their application in criminal justice settings. The journal particularly welcomes articles with an emphasis on the latest methods,

JASR calls for proposals for the following two newly launched programs.

(1) Practitioner’s Corner: JASR provides a space that researchers, scholars, and practitioners can share their views and insights on contemporary issues in the field of security and crime prevention by interviewing experts and practitioners in the fields. This interview will be published one per issue, under the name, “Practitioner’s Corner”, in the journal. Any interested persons submit a proposal with the following information:

• Topic or Title
• Interviewer’s affiliation and contact information
• Interviewee’s affiliation and a brief bio
• A brief description of the interview topic and content
• Estimated completion date of the interview paper

(2) Special Issue: JASR plans to publish a special issue per year. Any interested persons should submit a proposal with the following information:

• Title
• Guest editor(s)’ information
• A brief description of the special issue
• List of themes or potential topics to be considered

Any inquires, questions, and submissions should be addressed to Hyeyoung Lim, Associate Editor, hyeyoung@uab.edu.

Special Issue: Examining the Dark Web: Innovations in Research Design and Methods to Advance the Study of Crime and Victimization

Guest Editors:

Fawn T. Ngo, Ph.D., University of South Florida
Catherine D. Marcum, Ph.D., Appalachian State University
Scott Belshaw, Ph.D., University of North Texas

The Dark Web, also known as Darknet and Onionland, is a subsection of the Deep Web that consists of large networks run by corporations and small peer-to-peer networks run by individuals. The Deep Web is part of the Internet that search engines do not index. As an encrypted network of websites, the Dark Web can only be accessed using a special secure browser such as Tor. Tor, formerly an acronym for the “Onion Router,” is a free and open-source software intended to protect the personal privacy of its users and keep their Internet activities unmonitored.

The Dark Web encompasses a variety of content ranging from progressive and benevolent to violence and disruption. In recent years, interests in the Dark Web as a platform for criminal and illegal activities have emerged. Studying the Dark Web poses unique challenges as well as opportunities. The goal of this special issue is to provide a platform for researchers and criminologists to share and discuss innovative research design and methods to shed light on the actual activity going on in the Dark web’s shadowy realms. Only articles describing previously unpublished, original, state-of-the-art research, and not currently under review by a conference or journal will be considered.

A one-page abstract should be submitted electronically by November 1, 2021 to fawnngo@usf.edu. The abstract should contain details of the design and methodological framework adopted for the study. Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by January 1, 2022. Final manuscripts are due by May 1, 2022. Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages of double-spaced text (including tables, figures, and references). Send two electronic copies of the manuscript, one full version (with a cover page containing the author’s name, title, institutional contact information; acknowledgments), and one blind copy (without any identifying information) to Fawn Ngo at fawnngo@usf.edu. All manuscripts should be in MS Word format and conform to the formatting style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed).