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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Mark Button is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Their research spans social sciences and computer science, with a notable focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, information systems, political science and international relations, nature and landscape conservation, and artificial intelligence.

Their work prominently addresses topics including cybercrime and law enforcement studies, crime, illicit activities, and governance, crime patterns and interventions, stalking, cyberstalking, harassment, policing practices and perceptions, corruption and economic development, and wildlife conservation and criminology analyses.

They have contributed papers published in a range of journals, including:

  • "Investigative private policing beyond the police: an exploratory study" (2022), Policing & Society
  • "Understanding the rise of fraud in England and Wales through field theory: Blip or flip?" (2023), Journal of Economic Criminology

Frequent co-authors of the scientist include:

  • Suleman Lazarus
  • Branislav Hock
  • David Shepherd
  • Richard Kapend
  • Paul Gilmour

They have published extensively in venues such as:

  • Journal of Economic Criminology (6 publications)
  • Deviant Behavior (6 publications)
  • Security Journal (5 publications)
  • Journal of Financial Crime (4 publications)
  • Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice (3 publications)

Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • "Investigative private policing beyond the police: an exploratory study" (2022), Policing & Society
  • "Understanding the rise of fraud in England and Wales through field theory: Blip or flip?" (2023), Journal of Economic Criminology

Mark Button received the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Not a victimless crime: The impact of fraud on individual victims and their families

    Mark Button;Chris Lewis;Jacki Tapley

  • Cyber Frauds, Scams and their Victims

    Mark Button;Cassandra Cross

  • Online frauds: Learning from victims why they fall for these scams:

    Mark Button;Carol McNaughton Nicholls;Jane Kerr;Rachael Owen

  • Security Officers and Policing: Powers, Culture and Control in the Governance of Private Space

    Mark Button

  • Assessing the Regulation of Private Security across Europe

    Mark Button

  • Fraud typologies and the victims of fraud: literature review

    Mark Button;Chris Lewis;Jacki Tapley

  • Private security and the policing of quasi-public space

    Mark Button

  • Fraud, Corruption and Sport

    Graham Brooks;Azeem Aleem;Mark Button

  • New directions in policing fraud: The emergence of the counter fraud specialist in the United Kingdom

    Mark Button;Les Johnston;Kwabena Frimpong;Geoff Smith

  • Countering Fraud for Competitive Advantage: The Professional Approach to Reducing the Last Great Hidden Cost

    Mark Button;Jim Gee

  • Doing Security: Critical Reflections and an Agenda for Change

    Mark Button

  • The ‘fraud justice network’ and the infra-structure of support for individual fraud victims in England and Wales

    Mark Button;Jacki Tapley;Chris Lewis

  • A better deal for fraud victims:research into victims’ needs and experiences

    Mark Button;Chris Lewis;Jacki Tapley

  • Measuring the cost of fraud: an opportunity for the new competitive advantage

    Mark Button;Jim Gee;Graham Brooks

  • Countering fraud for competitive advantage

    Mark Button;J. Gee

  • The Police and Fraud Investigation and the Case for a Nationalised Solution in the United Kingdom

    Graham Brooks;Mark Button

  • Studying Fraud as White Collar Crime

    Geoff Smith;Mark Button;L. Johnston;Kwabena Frimpong

  • Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019

    Kelly Finnerty;Sarah Fullick;Helen Motha;Jayesh Navin Shah

  • Organisational inhibitions to addressing occupational fraud: a theory of differential rationalisation

    David William James Shepherd;Mark Button

  • Exploring the impact of organizational investment on occupational fraud: Mediating effects of ethical culture and monitoring control

    Joon Bae Suh;Hee Sub Shim;Mark Button

  • Comparing private security regulation in the European Union

    Mark Button;Peter Stiernstedt

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Watts
Michael J. Watts British Geological Survey
John M. Cottle
John M. Cottle University of California, Santa Barbara
Philippe Agard
Philippe Agard Sorbonne University
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan University of Portsmouth
J. Brendan Murphy
J. Brendan Murphy St. Francis Xavier University
Xia Huo
Xia Huo Jinan University
Chaosheng Zhang
Chaosheng Zhang University of Galway
Gijs Du Laing
Gijs Du Laing Ghent University
Sharon Leal
Sharon Leal University of Portsmouth
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong

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