ICC 2024 – preliminary list of speakers

International Criminology Virtual Conference
Friday, October 11, 2024
US Eastern Time

Virtual Conference

Preliminary list of Speakers
(New sessions will be added as proposals are received)

1. Experiences of Hate-crime by Corner-Shop Business Owners in the UK 
Tolulope Eboka, Kingston University, London Kingston-upon-Thames

2. A Backlash in the Host Community: From Refugee Guest to Criminal Identity
Kazi Mohammad Mahbobor Rahman, University of Dhaka

3. Cultural Violence and Civilian Fatalities in the Syrian War: Sequencing the Microdynamics of Conflict with Spatial-Temporal Analysis
Michelle D. Fabiani, University of New Haven; Gregory Wadsworth, University of New Haven; Rachel Swanson, University of New Haven

4. Nigeria: A Failed State, the Crime, the Criminals and the Criminality: a Return to the Hobbesian State of Nature
Prince Pius Imiera, Achievers University

5. An Overview of Mass Murders in Brazil: Characteristics, Motivations, Perpetrator’s Mental Functioning & Legal Repercussions
Anna Cecilia Santos Chaves and Roberto Augusto Carvalho Campos, São Paulo University 

6. Beyond Bias: A New Paradigm for Police Training Emphasizing Historical
Awareness and Systemic Reform

Connie Morris, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

7. Terrorist Attacks Targeting the Police in Nigeria: A Trend Analysis of 2009-2022
Usman A. Ojedokun, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Noah Opeyemi Balogun, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti; Muazu I. Mijinyawa, Kent State University, Ohio; Oluwatobi A. Bolujoko, Kent State University, Ohio

8. “The Things They Carried”: A Case Study of a Practitioner’s Approach Using Narrative Persuasion to Influence Public Criminology Behaviors
Tim Pappa, former Supervisory Special Agent and a certified former profiler with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) 

9. Trafficking Foreign Women for Forced Marriage in Yunnan Province: Demographic Information and Business Process
Mei Shuqin, Candidate for Ph.D. in Laws, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

10. The Violent Erasure of Missing Black Women & Girls
Breea C. Willingham, University of North Carolina Wilmington

11. Predators in Cyberspace: Criminology and Countermeasures for Watering Hole Attacks
Sharon L. Burton, Capitol Technology University

12. Combatting Cognitive Warfare’s Deceitful Tactics in a Hyperactive Disinformation and
Misinformation-Charged Society

Calvin Nobles, UMGC; Ann Rangarajan, Illinois Institute of Technology; Darrell Burrell, Marymount University; Sharon Burton, Capitol Technology University

13. Exploring the Criminogenic Roots of Corruption in Portuguese Local Government: A Multidimensional Analysis Based on Interviews with 12 Local Government Officials
Leonardo Conde, Occasional Lecturer & Idependent Researcher

14. Homicide Prevention in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: An Advanced Adaptation of Focused Deterrence
David Kennedy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Alberto Kopittke, Safe City Institute, Mario Souza, Brazilian Ministry of Justice, Thiago Bennemann, State Police Academy

15. Teaching Criminology: Using Memes to Engage (with) Students
Gina Fox, School of Criminology, University of Leicester

16. A Comparative Case Study Applying the Routine Activity Theory to Explain Terrorism
Charnele Sanders, American Military University

17. Proposing a Conceptual Narrative Model Encouraging Whistleblowing Among Generational Cybercriminals Supporting Governmental Espionage
Tim Pappa, former Supervisory Special Agent and a certified former profiler with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) 

18. Surviving the Unthinkable: Reintegrating Modern-Day Slaves
Katrina Greason, Doctoral Student, American Public University

19. A Theoretical Tribal Circle Policy Model for Positive Peace to Improve the Lives of Native Americans in the United States
Wendelin Hume, Associate Professor, University of North Dakota  

20. Does the environment influence crime? Analysis of the relationship between environmental indicators and homicides in Brazil
Stanley Pena and Cid Goncalves Filho, Fumer University, Brasil