Fraud, Cybercrime and Ageing in the UK and South Korea

英国和韩国的欺诈、网络犯罪和老龄化

• 批准号: ES/W011085/1
• 负责人: Mark Button
• 金额: $ 6.39万
• 依托单位: University of Portsmouth
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW011085%2F1
• 关键词: Fraud; Cybercrime; Ageing; UK; South

Fraud and cybercrime, through a wide variety of genres, have become some of the most common crimes individuals experience and such is the scale of the problem, RUSI (a highly respected think tank) have described it as a threat to national security. Older adults represent promising targets for criminals because they are often cash rich with pensions, lump sums, life savings. Many also have traits that increase the chances of victimisation: cognitive decline; social isolation; a lack of capable guardian to protect them. The pandemic has also meant many older adults have spent more time at home and online, contributing to increased victimisation. The growing use of digital technologies has been a huge benefit in many areas of social and economic life, but has also opened up new risks. Access and usage of the internet is no longer limited to the younger, tech-savvy population. The ONS (2021b) reported the proportion of those aged 75 years between 2013 and 2020 reporting recent internet use has nearly doubled from 29%, to 54% in 2020. However, despite their gradual familiarisation with information technologies, it is argued that older adults can often be vulnerable to cybercrime risks. The problem of fraud and cybercrime against older adults has stimulated a wide range of initiatives around the world to attempt to address this problem, but there has been surprisingly little research charting initiatives to counter such crimes and virtually none that has evaluated preventative initiatives using high quality methodologies (Prenzler, 2020). Juxtaposed to these developments has been the advanced technological developments associated with the so called '4th Industrial Revolution' (4IR). Some of the technologies associated with 4IR are already being utilised to prevent fraud and cybercrime, such as the use of data-analytics to counter banking frauds (Kim et al., 2019). This project seeks to build a network of researchers in the UK and South Korea interested in fraud and cybercrime against older adults. It will do this by conducting research using desk-based strategies and interviews mapping the strategies used to counter fraud/cybercrime against older adults in the UK and South Korea; any evidence of their effectiveness; and to explore the potential for technology to be better utilised.The project will build the network through two seminars and two conferences held in the respective countries. The first will bring together academics from the two countries (and others where appropriate) who have explored this area, with relevant practitioners and technology companies (including early career researchers where possible). These seminars will explore initiatives and potential ideas to tackle these crimes and enable participants to network. They will also seek to identify how technology could be better utilised to prevent fraud and cybercrime against older adults. The final conferences will be used to present the findings from the project, showcase good examples; as well as enable wider networking for participants, further strengthening academic networks between the two countries.The investigators will produce a research report and other high-quality outputs, which will also facilitate another objective of the project to produce a website with resources of use to academics, students and others interested in this area. It will contain a repository of relevant articles, reports, publications; descriptions of emerging technologies and their potential; links to relevant websites; the research report and recordings from the conferences; and profiles of key members of the academy with an interest in this area. These activities are envisaged to form the basis of a longer partnership of Anglo-Korean scholars interested in economic crime issues.

欺诈和网络犯罪，通过各种各样的流派，已经成为个人经历的一些最常见的犯罪，问题的规模如此之大，RUSI(一个备受尊敬的智库)将其描述为对国家安全的威胁。老年人是犯罪分子有希望成为的目标，因为他们往往现金充裕，拥有养老金、一次性付款和毕生积蓄。许多人还具有增加受害几率的特征：认知能力下降；社会孤立；缺乏有能力的监护人来保护他们。这场流行病还意味着许多老年人在家里和网上花了更多的时间，导致受害者人数增加。数字技术的日益广泛使用在社会和经济生活的许多领域带来了巨大的好处，但也带来了新的风险。互联网的接入和使用不再局限于更年轻、精通技术的人群。英国国家统计局(2021年)报告称，2013至2020年间，年龄在75岁的人中，最近使用互联网的比例几乎翻了一番，从29%上升到2020年的54%。然而，尽管老年人逐渐熟悉信息技术，但有人认为，老年人往往容易受到网络犯罪风险的影响。针对老年人的欺诈和网络犯罪问题刺激了世界各地试图解决这一问题的各种倡议，但令人惊讶的是，很少有研究绘制出打击此类犯罪的倡议，几乎没有人使用高质量的方法评估预防性倡议(Prenzler，2020)。与这些发展并列的是与所谓的“第四次工业革命”(4IR)相关的先进技术发展。与4IR相关的一些技术已经被用于防止欺诈和网络犯罪，例如使用数据分析来打击银行欺诈(Kim等人，2019年)。该项目寻求在英国和韩国建立一个研究人员网络，这些研究人员对针对老年人的欺诈和网络犯罪感兴趣。该项目将通过以案头为基础的战略和访谈进行研究，绘制英国和韩国打击针对老年人的欺诈/网络犯罪的战略；任何证明其有效性的证据；并探索更好地利用技术的潜力。该项目将通过在各自国家举行的两次研讨会和两次会议来建立网络。第一次会议将汇集两国的学者(以及其他在适当情况下探索这一领域的学者)，以及相关从业人员和技术公司(如有可能，包括早期职业研究人员)。这些研讨会将探讨打击这些犯罪的举措和可能的想法，并使参与者能够建立网络。他们还将寻求确定如何更好地利用技术来防止针对老年人的欺诈和网络犯罪。最后的会议将用来展示项目的成果，展示好的例子；并使参与者能够建立更广泛的网络，进一步加强两国之间的学术网络。调查人员将编制一份研究报告和其他高质量的成果，这也将有助于该项目的另一个目标，即建立一个网站，向学者、学生和其他对这一领域感兴趣的人提供资源。它将包含一个相关文章、报告和出版物的资料库；对新兴技术及其潜力的描述；相关网站的链接；各次会议的研究报告和录音；以及对这一领域感兴趣的学院主要成员的简介。预计这些活动将成为对经济犯罪问题感兴趣的英韩学者建立更长期伙伴关系的基础。