Criminal Network Analysis Course
Tuesday 17th to Friday 20th September 2024
Dr Paolo Campana provides a short description of the course below…..
With Dr. Paolo Campana, Course Director
Purpose. This face-to-face residential course is intended to prepare investigative, analytic or operational professionals in policing to use the tools of criminal network analysis in policing of high-harm crimes. It will teach participants how to use criminal network analysis (CNA) for a range of purposes, including:
• Targeting of criminal networks and their members;
• Identifying central individuals – key players and brokers;
• Identifying structural crime patterns, including criminal clustering;
• Ranking of seriousness with any crime harm index or crime severity scores;
• Prediction of future criminal behaviour or victimisations;
• Tracking network activity through intelligence reports;
• Testing the effects of interventions on networked criminal activity.
Specific Skills. Learners will learn how to leverage on CNA for policing high-harm crimes. They will be introduced to network analysis concepts and thinking, data sources and real-world applications. They will develop hands-on experience using CNA and work on a group project during the course.
Course structure. The course includes both seminars and practical hands-on exercises using i2. Discussions include key concepts in CNA (e.g., centrality measures, community detection algorithms, data structure). Applications of CNA to a number of different crimes ranging from violence to gangs, human trafficking, people smuggling and terrorism are also discussed. The final day of the course also includes an input and Q&A session with a subject matter expert from i2.
Learning Media. Learning will take place in a Cambridge college lecture hall and side-rooms.
Analytic Materials. Besides lectures and discussion groups, the course provides a variety of readings to expose learners to real-world applications of CNA by various policing agencies and researchers around the globe.
Certification. Once learners complete the course, they receive a Professional Certificate in Criminal Network Analysis from the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing Ltd.
Venue. Clare College, Cambridge University.
Cost. Residential - £2,000+ VAT, non-residential £1,637+ VAT.