Diarmaid Harkin
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 289213 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Diarmaid Harkin |
| PRENOMES | Diarmaid |
| SOBRENOME | Harkin |
| ASSINATURA | HARKIN D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9928-719X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
‘The name of the game’
There is an increasing focus on disruption as a response to cybercrime in criminological and cybersecurity research. This paper seeks to extend existing literature on the police role in relation to cybercrime. The paper is based on a large, international and comparative study on the policing of cybercrime involving 90 interviews with members of law enforcement or policing agencies across three Five Eyes countries. Disruption emerged organically a…
Introduction to the special issue
By opening the craft of interdisciplinary method to more explicit scrutiny, this special issue provides a novel space to examine how knowledge in the domains of cybersecurity, privacy, and digital rights governance is made, contested, and reshaped
Electronic Surveillance and Australian Journalism
The electronic surveillance capabilities of law enforcement in Australia have significantly strengthened in recent years creating considerable impacts on the practice of journalism. This paper reports on Australia’s hyper-legislative approach and the normalization of surveillance reflecting on what this means for journalists’ ability to securely communicate with sources and trust the digital infrastructure that they now rely on. Interviews with 1…
Regulating Tools for Hacking
Tools developed for the purpose of unilaterally exploiting computer systems and their communications will pose a persistent policy and regulatory problem. Regulation of hacking tools to date, however, has been piecemeal, inconsistent and often incoherent. Some of this incoherence is a result of semantic uncertainty about how to define hacking tools with scholarship, commentary, and regulatory efforts using a variety of terminology to refer to a r…
Should ‘Moral Taint’ Be a Factor in Police Technology Procurement? The Case of Cellebrite
Police increasingly experiment with new capabilities provided by external technology companies. Using technology sourced from the private sector can lead to more effective and efficient operations, but also creates a range of dilemmas based on the suitability and accountability of how the technology is implemented. This paper uses the concept of ‘moral taint’ to explore how controversies surrounding companies that the Police rely on should influe…
Expertise Integration in Cybercrime Policing
This study examines the internal dynamics and composition of federal police cybercrime units with a focus on civilianization. The study is based on interviews with 56 sworn and civilian (unsworn) members of two federal law enforcement organizations located in two of the Five Eyes countries. Both police organizations had a significant number of civilian employees in their cybercrime units and were in the process of actively recruiting more. The fi…
Safeguarding the “Internet of Things” for Victim-Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence
Smart, Internet-connected devices—the so-called “Internet of Things” (IoT)—pose significant threats to victim-survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV). IoT systems have been used to abuse, harass, monitor, intimidate, and gaslight victim-survivors. We present findings from an abusability analysis that examined 13 IoT devices and allowed us to make several observations about common vulnerabilities to victim-survivors of DFV. We argue that I…
Exploring the social implications of buying and selling cyber security
Governments, businesses, private citizens and even organised crime are increasingly investing in cyber security, with the cyber security industry growing in size and relevance. This paper demonstrates that markets for the buying and selling of cyber security should be subject to many of the same critical inquiries typically targeted at the private security industry. Using a number of illustrative examples of emerging trends in the commodification…
Consumer IoT and its under‐regulation
The expansive growth of consumer internet of things (IoT) has created a range of concerns around privacy, security, and their broader societal impacts. This article reports on findings from interviews with 32 key stakeholders from the fields of information security, policy and regulation, the IoT industry, consumer and privacy law, and academia in Australia. It details a broad variety of issues and concerns that go beyond the well‐recognised issu…
Technology-Based Responses to Technology-Facilitated Domestic and Family Violence
It is increasingly common for domestic and family violence to have an element of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA). As a result, technology-based responses have emerged to address TFA. Using observations from several empirical research projects into TFA, it will be shown that technology-based responses are necessary without being sufficient, and that they have persistent limitations that need to be recognized. Relatedly, it will be argued that t…
Operating-System Design and Its Implications for Victims of Family Violence
Spyware products sold to general consumer audiences are a greater threat to those who own Android devices than those who own iPhones. This is a consequence of the Android operating system being more permissive of software functionality, allowing third-party developers greater latitude to build programs of less-restrained capability. Such risks, however, are disproportionately carried by victims of family violence who are significantly threatened …
Civilianising specialist units
Civilianisation refers to utilising non-sworn personnel to perform certain roles within police organisations. While the civilianisation of policing has been examined in a variety of contexts, it has generally been in relation to attempts to improve police efficiency. The current literature is much less focused on efforts to intentionally seek out civilians to improve police effectiveness, which, we suggest, is likely to apply in the case of polic…
The commodification of mobile phone surveillance
This article examines the attempts of ‘spyware’ developers to commodify and market their products to a general audience. While consumers of ‘spyware’ have often been government and law enforcement (Citizen Lab, 2015), there is an increasing attempt to market, sell, and commodify ‘spyware’ for use by wider audiences. ‘Spyware’ is sold as a security product commonly aimed at businesses, parents, and intimate partners. Pursuant to calls for a “socio…
The challenges facing specialist police cyber-crime units
The growing threat of cyber-crime poses significant challenges for police organisations. This paper presents original, empirical research on specialist cyber-crime units in Australia to report on the issues and problems faced by police staff at the frontline of cyber-policing. Using a mix of survey data and in-depth interviewing with supervisors, key investigators, and civilian staff from two specialist cyber-crime units, this paper outlines the …
Community safety partnerships
Regulating private sector security provision for victims of domestic violence
Private companies are increasingly involved with the security concerns of victims of domestic violence. This involvement manifests in a number of forms including the proliferation of technology and private security companies that seek a market among domestic violence victims and services. In this article, data gathered in Australia are used to show that private sector involvement with victims of domestic violence can be a useful addition to the l…
Private security companies and domestic violence
Due to the poor reputation of the private security industry and the multiple lines of concerns raised by scholars over the potentially corrosive costs of commercial security provision, it is important to consider whether for-profit companies are a welcome addition to the network of actors who respond to the needs of domestic violence victims. Using the case study of ‘Protective Services’ in Victoria, Australia, who appear to be one of the first k…
Policing in Cool and Hot Climates
Prior to the amalgamation of Scotland’s eight police forces into Police Scotland in 2013 by the Scottish National Party government, Scottish policing generally enjoyed a ‘cool’ political climate, with low scrutiny and minimal political engagement. This paper argues these conditions hindered the critical interrogation of Scottish policing, allowing a policy of unregulated and unfettered stop and search to flourish unchallenged for two decades. We …
Police legitimacy, ideology and qualitative methods
I argue that there are unconsidered complexities to police legitimacy and use examples from my study of police–public consultation forums in Edinburgh, Scotland to illustrate. I make a number of conceptual and methodological critiques by drawing upon Steven Lukes’ social theory on power to show how legitimacy can be a product of authority relations as much as it is a cause of authority relations. This view finds support from systems-justification…
Simmel, the Police Form and the Limits of Democratic Policing
Journal Article Simmel, the Police Form and the Limits of Democratic Policing Get access Diarmaid Harkin Diarmaid Harkin * *Diarmaid Harkin, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 55, Issue 4, July 2015, Pages 730-746, https://doi.…
The police and punishment
This article argues that police studies should draw on the sociology of punishment to better understand state pain-delivery. Whereas penal theorists commonly assess the pain and punishment of inmates in relation to wider social sentiments, police theory has yet to regard police violence and harm in the same fashion. As a result, police scholars often fail to address why the damage caused by public constabularies, even when widely publicized, is a…
Police legitimacy, ideology and qualitative methods
I argue that there are unconsidered complexities to police legitimacy and use examples from my study of police–public consultation forums in Edinburgh, Scotland to illustrate. I make a number of conceptual and methodological critiques by drawing upon Steven Lukes’ social theory on power to show how legitimacy can be a product of authority relations as much as it is a cause of authority relations. This view finds support from systems-justification…
The police and punishment
This article argues that police studies should draw on the sociology of punishment to better understand state pain-delivery. Whereas penal theorists commonly assess the pain and punishment of inmates in relation to wider social sentiments, police theory has yet to regard police violence and harm in the same fashion. As a result, police scholars often fail to address why the damage caused by public constabularies, even when widely publicized, is a…
Simmel, the Police Form and the Limits of Democratic Policing
Journal Article Simmel, the Police Form and the Limits of Democratic Policing Get access Diarmaid Harkin Diarmaid Harkin * *Diarmaid Harkin, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 55, Issue 4, July 2015, Pages 730-746, https://doi.…
Expertise Integration in Cybercrime Policing
This study examines the internal dynamics and composition of federal police cybercrime units with a focus on civilianization. The study is based on interviews with 56 sworn and civilian (unsworn) members of two federal law enforcement organizations located in two of the Five Eyes countries. Both police organizations had a significant number of civilian employees in their cybercrime units and were in the process of actively recruiting more. The fi…
Technology-Based Responses to Technology-Facilitated Domestic and Family Violence
It is increasingly common for domestic and family violence to have an element of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA). As a result, technology-based responses have emerged to address TFA. Using observations from several empirical research projects into TFA, it will be shown that technology-based responses are necessary without being sufficient, and that they have persistent limitations that need to be recognized. Relatedly, it will be argued that t…
Community safety partnerships
Regulating private sector security provision for victims of domestic violence
Private companies are increasingly involved with the security concerns of victims of domestic violence. This involvement manifests in a number of forms including the proliferation of technology and private security companies that seek a market among domestic violence victims and services. In this article, data gathered in Australia are used to show that private sector involvement with victims of domestic violence can be a useful addition to the l…
Operating-System Design and Its Implications for Victims of Family Violence
Spyware products sold to general consumer audiences are a greater threat to those who own Android devices than those who own iPhones. This is a consequence of the Android operating system being more permissive of software functionality, allowing third-party developers greater latitude to build programs of less-restrained capability. Such risks, however, are disproportionately carried by victims of family violence who are significantly threatened …
Civilianising specialist units
Civilianisation refers to utilising non-sworn personnel to perform certain roles within police organisations. While the civilianisation of policing has been examined in a variety of contexts, it has generally been in relation to attempts to improve police efficiency. The current literature is much less focused on efforts to intentionally seek out civilians to improve police effectiveness, which, we suggest, is likely to apply in the case of polic…
The commodification of mobile phone surveillance
This article examines the attempts of ‘spyware’ developers to commodify and market their products to a general audience. While consumers of ‘spyware’ have often been government and law enforcement (Citizen Lab, 2015), there is an increasing attempt to market, sell, and commodify ‘spyware’ for use by wider audiences. ‘Spyware’ is sold as a security product commonly aimed at businesses, parents, and intimate partners. Pursuant to calls for a “socio…
Policing in Cool and Hot Climates
Prior to the amalgamation of Scotland’s eight police forces into Police Scotland in 2013 by the Scottish National Party government, Scottish policing generally enjoyed a ‘cool’ political climate, with low scrutiny and minimal political engagement. This paper argues these conditions hindered the critical interrogation of Scottish policing, allowing a policy of unregulated and unfettered stop and search to flourish unchallenged for two decades. We …
The police and punishment
This article argues that police studies should draw on the sociology of punishment to better understand state pain-delivery. Whereas penal theorists commonly assess the pain and punishment of inmates in relation to wider social sentiments, police theory has yet to regard police violence and harm in the same fashion. As a result, police scholars often fail to address why the damage caused by public constabularies, even when widely publicized, is a…
Police legitimacy, ideology and qualitative methods
I argue that there are unconsidered complexities to police legitimacy and use examples from my study of police–public consultation forums in Edinburgh, Scotland to illustrate. I make a number of conceptual and methodological critiques by drawing upon Steven Lukes’ social theory on power to show how legitimacy can be a product of authority relations as much as it is a cause of authority relations. This view finds support from systems-justification…
Simmel, the Police Form and the Limits of Democratic Policing
Journal Article Simmel, the Police Form and the Limits of Democratic Policing Get access Diarmaid Harkin Diarmaid Harkin * *Diarmaid Harkin, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 55, Issue 4, July 2015, Pages 730-746, https://doi.…
Private security companies and domestic violence
Due to the poor reputation of the private security industry and the multiple lines of concerns raised by scholars over the potentially corrosive costs of commercial security provision, it is important to consider whether for-profit companies are a welcome addition to the network of actors who respond to the needs of domestic violence victims. Using the case study of ‘Protective Services’ in Victoria, Australia, who appear to be one of the first k…
Policing in Cool and Hot Climates
Prior to the amalgamation of Scotland’s eight police forces into Police Scotland in 2013 by the Scottish National Party government, Scottish policing generally enjoyed a ‘cool’ political climate, with low scrutiny and minimal political engagement. This paper argues these conditions hindered the critical interrogation of Scottish policing, allowing a policy of unregulated and unfettered stop and search to flourish unchallenged for two decades. We …
Regulating private sector security provision for victims of domestic violence
Private companies are increasingly involved with the security concerns of victims of domestic violence. This involvement manifests in a number of forms including the proliferation of technology and private security companies that seek a market among domestic violence victims and services. In this article, data gathered in Australia are used to show that private sector involvement with victims of domestic violence can be a useful addition to the l…
The challenges facing specialist police cyber-crime units
The growing threat of cyber-crime poses significant challenges for police organisations. This paper presents original, empirical research on specialist cyber-crime units in Australia to report on the issues and problems faced by police staff at the frontline of cyber-policing. Using a mix of survey data and in-depth interviewing with supervisors, key investigators, and civilian staff from two specialist cyber-crime units, this paper outlines the …
Community safety partnerships
Civilianising specialist units
Civilianisation refers to utilising non-sworn personnel to perform certain roles within police organisations. While the civilianisation of policing has been examined in a variety of contexts, it has generally been in relation to attempts to improve police efficiency. The current literature is much less focused on efforts to intentionally seek out civilians to improve police effectiveness, which, we suggest, is likely to apply in the case of polic…
The commodification of mobile phone surveillance
This article examines the attempts of ‘spyware’ developers to commodify and market their products to a general audience. While consumers of ‘spyware’ have often been government and law enforcement (Citizen Lab, 2015), there is an increasing attempt to market, sell, and commodify ‘spyware’ for use by wider audiences. ‘Spyware’ is sold as a security product commonly aimed at businesses, parents, and intimate partners. Pursuant to calls for a “socio…
Operating-System Design and Its Implications for Victims of Family Violence
Spyware products sold to general consumer audiences are a greater threat to those who own Android devices than those who own iPhones. This is a consequence of the Android operating system being more permissive of software functionality, allowing third-party developers greater latitude to build programs of less-restrained capability. Such risks, however, are disproportionately carried by victims of family violence who are significantly threatened …
Consumer IoT and its under‐regulation
The expansive growth of consumer internet of things (IoT) has created a range of concerns around privacy, security, and their broader societal impacts. This article reports on findings from interviews with 32 key stakeholders from the fields of information security, policy and regulation, the IoT industry, consumer and privacy law, and academia in Australia. It details a broad variety of issues and concerns that go beyond the well‐recognised issu…
Technology-Based Responses to Technology-Facilitated Domestic and Family Violence
It is increasingly common for domestic and family violence to have an element of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA). As a result, technology-based responses have emerged to address TFA. Using observations from several empirical research projects into TFA, it will be shown that technology-based responses are necessary without being sufficient, and that they have persistent limitations that need to be recognized. Relatedly, it will be argued that t…
Exploring the social implications of buying and selling cyber security
Governments, businesses, private citizens and even organised crime are increasingly investing in cyber security, with the cyber security industry growing in size and relevance. This paper demonstrates that markets for the buying and selling of cyber security should be subject to many of the same critical inquiries typically targeted at the private security industry. Using a number of illustrative examples of emerging trends in the commodification…
Safeguarding the “Internet of Things” for Victim-Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence
Smart, Internet-connected devices—the so-called “Internet of Things” (IoT)—pose significant threats to victim-survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV). IoT systems have been used to abuse, harass, monitor, intimidate, and gaslight victim-survivors. We present findings from an abusability analysis that examined 13 IoT devices and allowed us to make several observations about common vulnerabilities to victim-survivors of DFV. We argue that I…
Introduction to the special issue
By opening the craft of interdisciplinary method to more explicit scrutiny, this special issue provides a novel space to examine how knowledge in the domains of cybersecurity, privacy, and digital rights governance is made, contested, and reshaped
Electronic Surveillance and Australian Journalism
The electronic surveillance capabilities of law enforcement in Australia have significantly strengthened in recent years creating considerable impacts on the practice of journalism. This paper reports on Australia’s hyper-legislative approach and the normalization of surveillance reflecting on what this means for journalists’ ability to securely communicate with sources and trust the digital infrastructure that they now rely on. Interviews with 1…
Regulating Tools for Hacking
Tools developed for the purpose of unilaterally exploiting computer systems and their communications will pose a persistent policy and regulatory problem. Regulation of hacking tools to date, however, has been piecemeal, inconsistent and often incoherent. Some of this incoherence is a result of semantic uncertainty about how to define hacking tools with scholarship, commentary, and regulatory efforts using a variety of terminology to refer to a r…
Should ‘Moral Taint’ Be a Factor in Police Technology Procurement? The Case of Cellebrite
Police increasingly experiment with new capabilities provided by external technology companies. Using technology sourced from the private sector can lead to more effective and efficient operations, but also creates a range of dilemmas based on the suitability and accountability of how the technology is implemented. This paper uses the concept of ‘moral taint’ to explore how controversies surrounding companies that the Police rely on should influe…
Expertise Integration in Cybercrime Policing
This study examines the internal dynamics and composition of federal police cybercrime units with a focus on civilianization. The study is based on interviews with 56 sworn and civilian (unsworn) members of two federal law enforcement organizations located in two of the Five Eyes countries. Both police organizations had a significant number of civilian employees in their cybercrime units and were in the process of actively recruiting more. The fi…
‘The name of the game’
There is an increasing focus on disruption as a response to cybercrime in criminological and cybersecurity research. This paper seeks to extend existing literature on the police role in relation to cybercrime. The paper is based on a large, international and comparative study on the policing of cybercrime involving 90 interviews with members of law enforcement or policing agencies across three Five Eyes countries. Disruption emerged organically a…
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