丁香园AV

International CyberCrime Research Centre

Welcome to the International CyberCrime Research Centre

The online aspect of crime is a growing reality that can no longer be ignored. A new generation of criminals has made the Internet its playing field, and there is a clear need to continue to build the new generation of scholars, police investigators, policy makers, and practitioners who will interact with and manage this clientele.

The International CyberCrime Research Centre (ICCRC) was established to contribute to this goal. The ICCRC opened at the Surrey Campus of 丁香园AV in the summer of 2008 with significant core funding provided by the Government of British Columbia.

The ICCRC aims to promote education and conduct research in cybercrime prevention, detection, and response, in collaboration with the public and private sectors at the regional, national, and international levels. 

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We would like to inform visitors to our site about a study being conducted by the International CyberCrime Research Centre in the School of Criminology at 丁香园AV. The objectives of this study are to investigate the prevalence of ransomware attacks against businesses in British Columbia, and to identify possible ways to prevent and/or mitigate such attacks. It should only take you 20-25 minutes to complete this anonymous online survey. We would encourage all of our clientele who are owners/managers of B.C.-based businesses to complete the online survey, regardless of whether or not they have been victimized by ransomware, as the researchers are hoping to obtain as broad and representative a sample as possible. Please note that for reasons of representativeness, only ONE person from your business should complete this survey. Your participation in the survey would be greatly appreciated. The link to the online survey is as follows:  .

Recent Publications:

Scrivens, R. (In Press). Examining Online Indicators of Extremism Among Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists. Terrorism and Political Violence.

Scrivens, R., Gaudette, T., Conway, M., & Holt, T. J. (In Press). Right-Wing Extremists' Use of the Internet: Trends in the Empirical Literature. In B. Perry, J. Gruenewald, & R. Scrivens (Eds.), Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States. Palgrave.

Davies, G., Scrivens, R., Gaudette, T., & Frank, R. (In Press). A Longitudinal Comparison of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremist Identities Online. In B. Perry, J. Gruenewald, & R. Scrivens (Eds.), Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States. Palgrave.

Scrivens, R. (2021). Exploring Radical Right-Wing Posting Behaviors Online. . 

Gaudette, T., Scrivens, R., Davies, G., & Frank R. (2021). Upvoting Extremism: Collective Identity Formation and the Extreme Right on Reddit. .

Singh, M. M., Frank, R., & Zainon, W. M. N. W. (2021). Cyber-Criminology Defense in Pervasive Environment: A Study of Cybercrimes in Malaysia. .

Scrivens, R., Chermak, S. M., Freilich, J. D., Wojciechowski, T. W., & Frank, R. (2021). Detecting Extremists Online: Examining Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists. .

McIntyre, D. L., & Frank, R. (2021). No Gambles with Information Security: The Psychology of a Ransomware Attack. In M. Weulen Kranenbarg & R. Leukfeldt (Eds.), . Springer.

Davies, G., Wu, E., & Frank, R. (2021). A Witch鈥檚 Brew of Grievances: The Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Radicalization to Violent Extremism. .

Scrivens, R., Osuna, A. I., Chermak, S. M., Whitney, M. A., & Frank, R. (2021). Examining Online Indicators of Extremism in Violent Right-Wing Extremist Forums. .

Scrivens, R., Burruss, G. W., Holt, T. J., Chermak, S. M., Freilich, J. D., & Frank, R. (2021). Triggered by Defeat or Victory? Assessing the Impact of Presidential Election Results on Extreme Right-Wing Mobilization Online. .

Knoechelmann, M., Davies, G. & Macnair, L. (2021). Personality Traits-Based Terrorism Risk Assessment: Determining Reliability Using Open-Source Data. In R. Corrado, G. W枚ssner, & A. Merari (Eds.), . IOS Press.

Champion, A., & Frank, R. (2021). Exploring the 鈥淩adicalization Pipeline鈥� on YouTube. In R. Corrado, G. W枚ssner, & A. Merari (Eds.), . IOS Press.

Hutchinson, J., Amarasingam, A., Scrivens, R., & Ballsun-Stanton, B. (2021). Mobilizing Extremism Online: Comparing Australian and Canadian Right-Wing Extremist Groups on Facebook. .

Scrivens, R., Wojciechowski, T. W., Freilich, J. D., Chermak, S. M., & Frank, R. (2021). Comparing the Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists. .

Scrivens, R., & Gaudette, T. (2021). Terrorists鈥� and Violent Extremists鈥� Use of the Internet and Cyberterrorism. In T. J. Holt (Ed.), . Carolina Academic Press.

Leung, C., & Frank, R., (2020). Unity Starts with U: A Case Study of a Counter-Hate Campaign Through the Use of Social Media Platforms. .

Scrivens, R., Wojciechowski, T. W., & Frank, R. (2020). Examining the Developmental Pathways of Online Posting Behavior in Violent Right-Wing Extremist Forums. .

Frank, R., & Mikhaylov, A. (2020). Beyond the 鈥楽ilk Road鈥�: Assessing Illicit Drug Marketplaces on the Public Web. In M. A. Tayebi, U. Gl盲sser, & D. B. Skillicorn (Eds.), . Springer.

Gaudette, T., Scrivens, R., & Venkatesh, V. (2020). The Role of the Internet in Facilitating Violent Extremism: Insights from Former Right-Wing Extremists. .

Scrivens, R., Gill, P., & Conway, M. (2020). The Role of the Internet in Facilitating Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Suggestions for Progressing Research. In T. J. Holt & A. Bossler (Eds.), . Palgrave.

Bouchard, M., Davies, G., Frank, R., Wu, E., & Joffres, K. (2020). The Social Structure of Extremist Websites. In J. Littlewood, L. Dawson, & S. Thompson (Eds.), . University of Toronto Press.

Smith, R., & Frank, R. (2020). Dishing the Deets: How Dark-Web Users Teach Each Other About International Drug Shipments. In . 
*Won Best Paper at HICSS 2020

Scrivens, R., & Amarasingam, A. (2020). Haters Gonna 鈥淟ike鈥�: Exploring Canadian Far-Right Extremism on Facebook. In M. Littler & B. Lee (Eds.), . Palgrave (Cybercrime Series).

Scrivens, R., Davies, G., & Frank, R. (2020). Measuring the Evolution of Radical Right-Wing Posting Behaviors Online. .

Cartwright, B., Weir, G., Frank, G., & Padda, K. (2019). Deploying Artificial Intelligence to Combat Disinformation Warfare. .

Cartwright, B., Weir, G., Nahar, L., Padda, K., & Frank, R. (2019). The weaponization of Cloud-Based Social Media: Prospects for Legislation and Regulation. In .

Conway, M., Scrivens, R., & Macnair, L. (2019). Right-Wing Extremists鈥� Persistent Online Presence: History and Contemporary Trends. .

Scrivens, R., & Conway, M. (2019). The Roles of 鈥極ld鈥� and 鈥楴ew鈥� Media Tools and Technologies in the Facilitation of Violent Extremism and Terrorism. In R. Leukfeldt & T. J. Holt (Eds.), . Routledge.

Levey, P., & Bouchard, M. (2019). The Emergence of Violent Narratives in the Life-Course Trajectories of Online Forum Participants. .

Scrivens, R., Gaudette, T., Davies, G., & Frank, R. (2019). Searching for Extremist Content Online Using The Dark Crawler and Sentiment Analysis. In M. Deflem & D. Silva (Eds.), . Emerald Publishing.

Cartwright, B., Weir, G., Nahar, L., Padda, K., & Frank, R. (2019). The Weaponization of Cloud-Based Social Media: Prospects for Legislation and Regulation. In .

Cartwright, B., Weir, G., & Frank, R. (2019). Cyberterrorism in the Cloud. In L. Chen, H. Takabi, & N-A. Le-Khac (Eds.), (pp. 217-236). John Wiley & Sons.

Scrivens, R., & Bouchard, M. (2019). 21st Century Crimes: Cybercrime and Terrorism. In N. Boyd (Ed.), . Emond Publishing.

Gaudette, T., Davies, G., & Scrivens, R. (2018). Upvoting Extremism, Part II: An Assessment of Extreme Right Discourse on Reddit. .

Gaudette, T., Davies, G., & Scrivens, R. (2018). Upvoting Extremism, Part I: An Assessment of Extreme Right Discourse on Reddit. .

Gaudette, T., Scrivens, R., & Davies, G. (2018). The Future of Detecting Extreme-Right Sentiment Online. .

Macnair, L., & Frank, R. (2018). Changes and Stabilities in the Language of Islamic State Magazines: A Sentiment Analysis. .

Monk, B., Mitchell, J., Frank, R., & Davies, G. (2018). Uncovering Tor: An Examination of the Network Structure. .

Mikhaylov, A., & Frank, R. (2018). Illicit Payments for Illicit Goods: Noncontact Drug Distribution on Russian Online Drug Marketplaces. .  

Macnair, L., & Frank, R. (2018). The Mediums and the Messages: Exploring the Language of Islamic State Media through Sentiment Analysis. .

Scrivens, R., & Davies, G. (2018). Identifying Radical Content Online. .

Scrivens, R., Davies, G., & Frank, R. (2018). Searching for Signs of Extremism on the Web: An Introduction to Sentiment-based Identification of Radical Authors. .  

Macdonald, M., & Frank, R. (2017). Shuffle Up and Deal: Use of a Capture-Recapture Method to Estimate the Size of Stolen Data Markets. .

Macnair, L., & Frank, R. (2017). Voices Against Extremism: A Case Study of a Community-Based CVE Counter-Narrative Campaign. .

Macnair, L., & Frank, R. (2017). "To My Brothers in the West...": A Thematic Analysis of Videos Produced by the Islamic State鈥檚 al-Hayat Media Center. .

Mikhaylov, A., & Frank, R. (2016). Cards, Money and Two Hacking Forums: An Analysis of Online Money Laundering Schemes. In .

Frank, R., Macdonald, M., & Monk, B. (2016). Location, Location, Location: Mapping Potential Canadian Targets in Online Hacker Discussion Forums. In .

Scrivens, R., & Frank, R. (2016). Sentiment-based Classification of Radical Text on the Web. In .

Macdonald, M., & Frank, R. (2016). The Network Structure of Malware Development, Deployment and Distribution. .

Westlake, B., Bouchard, M., & Girodat, A. (2016). How Obvious Is It? The Content of Child Sexual Exploitation Websites. . 

Davies, G., Neudecker, C., Ouellet, M., Bouchard, M., & Ducol, B. (2016). Toward a Framework to Assess Online Programs for Countering Violent Extremism. .

Ducol, B., Bouchard, M., Davies, G., Ouellet, M., & Neudecker, C. (2016). Assessment of the State of Knowledge: Connections between Research on the Social Psychology of the Internet and Violent Extremism. .

Weir, G.R.S., Frank, R., Cartwright, B., & Dos Santos, E. (2016). Positing the Problem: Enhancing Classification of Extremist Web Content Through Textual Analysis. In .

Westlake, B., & Bouchard, M. (2016). Liking and Hyperlinking: Community Detection in Online Child Exploitation Networks. .

Figea, L., Kaati, L., & Scrivens, R. (2016). Measuring Online Affects in a White Supremacy Forum. In .

Current Projects:

Latest News:

Research Associates Logan Macnair was awarded a research internship with .

Dr. Richard Frank was named Director of the ICCRC. Congrats on your new role, Richard!

Ryan Scrivens, Research Associate at the ICCRC, was appointed Associate Theses Research Editor of .

ICCRC's Bryan Monk was accepted into the PhD Program in the at 丁香园AV. Well deserved!

Research Associate Ryan Scrivens will be returning to this summer, collaborating with and on a project to assess the online role(s) of females of the extreme right.

Research Associates Logan Macnair and Ryan Scrivens will be presenting their research at the in Wales, UK this summer.

Members of the ICCRC presented their research at the 2017 Western Society of Criminology (WSC) conference in Las Vegas on Friday February 10th. Theme of the panel: .

Dr. Richard Frank, Associate Director of the ICCRC, was named Associate Editor-in-Chief of .

A non-profit group led by Dr. Frank's CRIM 481 students, , was one of three finalists for a regional competition hosted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation held in Hamburg.

ICCRC member Bryan Monk gave a keynote speech at the held in Vancouver. His presentation was titled .

Research Associate Mitch Macdonald was awarded a .

Research Associate Ryan Scrivens completed a three-month internship with the .

Dr. Martin Bouchard, Director of the ICCRC, was promoted to Full Professor in the at 丁香园AV.

Research Associate Ryan Scrivens was named Coordinator of the Canadian Network of PhD Theses Writers for the .

Research Associate Mitch Macdonald won best paper award at the .