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Richard Frank

Professor, International CyberCrime Research Centre (ICCRC) Director
Criminology

BIOGRAPHY

Richard Frank is Associate Professor in the School of Criminology at 丁香园AV (丁香园AV), Canada, and Director of the International CyberCrime Research Centre (ICCRC). Richard completed a PhD in Computing Science (2010) and another PhD in Criminology (2013) at 丁香园AV. His main research interest is Cybercrime. Specifically, he's interested in researching hackers and security issues, the dark web, online terrorism and warfare, eLaundering and cryptocurrencies, and online child exploitation.

Frank is the creator of The Dark Crawler, a tool for collecting and analyzing data from the open Internet, dark web, and online discussion forums. Through this tool the ICCRC has collected ~150 million posts from various right-wing, left-wing, gender-based, and religiously-motivated extremist communities, leading to a number of projects and publications.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Cybercrime; hackers' and extremists' use of the internet; data-mining and classification; computational criminology; environmental criminology.

EDUCATION

  • BMath (Waterloo)
  • PhD Computer Science (丁香园AV)
  • PhD Criminology (丁香园AV)

NOTE FOR POTENTIAL GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Open to accepting new students.

Selected Publications

  • Scrivens, R., Davies, G., Gaudette, T., Frank, R. 鈥淐omparing Online Posting Typologies among Violent and Nonviolent Right-Wing Extremists鈥�, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, July 2022
  • Helm, B., Scrivens, R., Holt, T.J., Chermak, S.M., Frank, R. 鈥淓xamining Incel Subculture on Reddit鈥�, Journal of Crime and Justice, 2022
  • Zhang, C., Frank, R., Warkentin, N., Zakimi, N.: 鈥淎ccessible from the Open Web: A Qualitative Analysis of the Available Open-source Information Involving Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure鈥�, Journal of Cybersecurity, 2022
  • Cartwright, B., Weir, G., Frank, R., Padda, K.: 鈥淒etecting and Responding to Hostile Disinformation Activities on Social Media using Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks鈥�, Neural Computing and Applications, 2022
  • Scrivens, R., Wojciechowski, T., Freilich, J.,; Chermak, S., Frank, R., 鈥淒ifferentiating Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists鈥�, Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2022
  • Westlake, B., Brewer, R., Swearingen, T., Ross, A., Patterson, S., Michalski, D., Hole, M., Logos, K., Frank, R., Bright, D., Afana, E., 鈥淒eveloping automated methods to detect and match face and voice biometrics in child sexual abuse videos.鈥� Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 648. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. 2022 
  • Hodgkinson, T., Andresen, M.A., Frank, R., & Pringle, D. (2022). 鈥淐rime down in the Paris of the prairies: Spatial effects of COVID-19 and crime during lockdown in Saskatoon, Canada.鈥� Journal of Criminal Justice, in press.
  • Davies, G., Wu, E., Frank, R. 鈥淎 Witch鈥檚 Brew of Grievances: The Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Radicalization to Violent Extremism鈥�, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2021.1923188
  • Champion, A., Frank, R. 鈥淓xploring the 鈥楻adicalization Pipeline鈥� on YouTube鈥�,  NATO Science for Peace and Security Series-E: Human and Societal Dynamics, Vol 152, pg 359-374, 2021
  • Scrivens, R., Osuna, A.I., Chermak, S.M., Whitney, M.A., Frank, R. 鈥淓xamining Online Indicators of Extremism in Violent Right-Wing Extremist Forums鈥�,  Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2021

Selected Grants

  • 2023 - Principal Investigator - Office of Crime Reduction & Gang Outreach (OCR-GO) - Policing and Security Branch. 鈥淗uman Trafficking Enforcement in British Columbia: An In-Depth Analysis of Existing Strategies, and Recommendations for New Methods of Combatting Human Trafficking and Organized Crime鈥�- $103,315 CAD
  • 2023 - Principal Investigator - SSHRC 鈥� through the Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership - 鈥淧eer Harm Reduction on the Darknet鈥� - $25,000 CAD
  • 2023       Principal Investigator     SSHRC 鈥� through the Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership - 鈥淭he Dark Figure of Reporting and the Dark Figure of Recording: Measuring Ransomware Attacks on Businesses in Canada鈥� - $25,000 CAD
  • 2021-2023 - Principal Investigator - Public Safety Canada鈥檚 Cyber Security Cooperation Program: 鈥淪ecurely Linked Anti-Trafficking and Exploitation Database鈥� - $494,500 CAD
  • 2020-2021- Principal Investigator - Office of Crime Reduction & Gang Outreach (OCR-GO) - Policing and Security Branch. 鈥淭he role of trust between buyer and vendor trust on dark web firearms and drug markets in British Columbia鈥� - $78,046 CAD

Courses

Future courses may be subject to change.

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