Dr Sara Correia

Research Highlights

1. Correia, S. (2020). Patterns of online repeat victimisation and implications for crime prevention. In 2020 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)IEEE.

   https://doi.org/10.1109/ecrime51433.2020.9493258, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56973

   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ecrime51433.2020.9493258
2. Awan, I. & Correia, S. (2014). Terrorism research: understanding Muslim communities. Criminal Justice Matters, 96(1), 24-25.

   https://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2014.926069, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56972
3. Correia, S., Macdonald, S., Correia, S., & Watkin, A. (2019). Regulating terrorist content on social media: automation and the rule of law. International Journal of Law in Context, 15(2), 183-197.

   https://doi.org/10.1017/s1744552319000119, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45969
4. Correia, S. (2019). Responding to victimisation in a digital world: a case study of fraud and computer misuse reported in Wales. Crime Science, 8(1)

   https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-019-0099-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50372

All Research

• LAA250 Foundations in LegalTech

  The module provides an introduction to key technologies, commonly referred to as `LegalTech¿, that are increasingly used in the legal industry and in the justice system, specifically to help law firms perform tasks faster and more accurately and to facilitate access to justice for citizens. The module is intended to prepare students for the key challenges and opportunities arising from the application of emerging digital technologies to the law. The module illustrates the technical basics of key emerging technologies (including machine learning, explainable AI, and blockchain), while addressing their pros and cons, legal and ethical challenges, risks and opportunities. It does so through critical engagement with LegalTech use cases, encompassing a broad range of applications, such as the provision of legal services to children and young people, access to primary legislation, and the use of LegalTech in the regulation of online content, among others. This module does not require the students to have any specific technical background or prior knowledge of the topic.

• LAA357 Foundations in LegalTech

  The module provides an introduction to key technologies, commonly referred to as `LegalTech¿, that are increasingly used in the legal industry and in the justice system, specifically to help law firms perform tasks faster and more accurately and to facilitate access to justice for citizens. The module is intended to prepare students for the key challenges and opportunities arising from the application of emerging digital technologies to the law. The module illustrates the technical basics of key emerging technologies (including machine learning, explainable AI, and blockchain), while addressing their pros and cons, legal and ethical challenges, risks and opportunities. It does so through critical engagement with LegalTech use cases, encompassing a broad range of applications, such as the provision of legal services to children and young people, access to primary legislation, and the use of LegalTech in the regulation of online content, among others. This module does not require the students to have any specific technical background or prior knowledge of the topic.

• LAAM12 Research Methods & Ethics

  In a world which is both increasingly driven by data and facing the challenges of mis/disinformation, whether specializing in Human Rights, cyber crime/security, terrorism or other global challenges, it is increasingly important to have a sound understanding of what, how and why research is carried out across these topic areas. Policy makers at international and national level, industry, law enforcement and third sector organisations, among others, all need civil society and employees which not only understand the substantive matters they tackle, but also have the skills to think critically about the evidence-base which informs decision making. This module focuses on introducing the skills necessary to effectively research these contemporary issues, and being able to assess, evaluate and communicate the strengths and limitations of different research methods and outputs, in a variety of contexts (e.g., the public, private or third sector economies). The module will seek to develop student understanding of research methods and ethics, enable students to evaluate research outputs. Throughout, it will encourage students to reflect on the application of research findings in developing law and policy in key areas including human rights, cyber crime and terrorism. Through this module, students will be equipped with the necessary critical and analytic skills to design, implement and disseminate the findings of a research project, as well as understand the characteristics of a good research proposal.