Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Geoffrey Smith

Dr Geoffrey Smith

Senior Lecturer

ICJS

Institute of Criminal Justice Studies
Ravelin House
Ravelin Park
Museum Road
Portsmouth
PO1 2QQ

geoff.smith@port.ac.uk

Profile

BSc (Hons) Economics, MSc (Econ) Social History, MSc (Security Management), Phd (Risk Management) 

Expertise

  • Fraud
  • Risk and Risk Management
  • Risk and Governance
  • Health and Safety

Posts and Responsibilities

      ICJS:

  • Course Leader: BSc (Hons) Counter Fraud and Criminal Justice Studies
  • Co-ordinator for 8 units on BSc CF &CJS
  • Personal tutor on CF & CJS course

      External:

  • Higher Education Representative, to the Counter Fraud Professional Accreditation Board, (PAB)
  • Member of the Institute for Counter Fraud Specialists, ICFS.

Academic and Curriculum development

  • Development of the BSc (HONS) Counter Fraud and Criminal Justice Studies 2002-2004
  • Development of MSc Fraud and Criminal Justice Studies, 2005-
  • Development of unit, ‘White Collar Crime’ for BSc (Hons) CJS degree (Campus), 2006.

Publications

  • Safety on the Railways: Systematic Complexity and the Transition to a Public Private Partnership. Paper presented to Public-Private Partnerships conference Cork. May 1999.
  • 'Divided We Fail?'. Paper presented at ESREL Conference, 2000 : Foresight and Precaution. Edinburgh. 15-17th May 2000.
  • 'Safety Culture and the Railways: Some observations on the Transition from Public to Private Partnership'. Journal of International Public - Private Partnerships (Winter 2002).
  • 'The use of Strategic Management approaches in countering fraud: two case studies in the public sector'. Paper presented at British Criminology Conference 6-9th July 2004.
  • 'Countering Fraud in the Department of Work and Pensions: a case study in risk management ' Paper presented at Critical Perspectives on 'Crime, Risk and Power conference. The British Section of the European Group for the Study of Devianced and Social Control. Preston. 5-7th April 2005.
  • ‘Professionalism in Counter Fraud and Higher Education’ Paper presented to the IRRV Benefit Fraud Symposium Blackpool, July 7-8 th 2005
  • Measuring fraud against the Department of Work and Pensions: a case study in risk management'. Paper presented at the British Criminology Conference, Glasgow, 5-7 July 2006.
  • "Policing Fraud & Corruption: The emergence of the Counter Fraud Specialiist". Paper presented at the British Criminology Conference, Glasgow, 5-7 July 2006, with Button, M, Freepong,K,  & johnson, L

Current Research Projects

  • Counter Fraud in the Public Sector