Dr Richard Jones

Dr Richard Jones is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Law School where he specialises in studying the implications of new technologies in crime, crime prevention, policing and criminal justice. He has undertaken research in the fields of cyber security, cybercrime, surveillance, security, resilience, and penal populism.

Richard is currently contributing to AP4L, a large interdisciplinary research project developing next-generation privacy-enhancing tools to help enhance the online safety of people who are experiencing major life transitions; as well as a number of other projects examining the use of new technologies in crime, policing and security.

Dr Richard Jones
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
  • Organisation
    University of Edinburgh