Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Graham Brooks

Dr Graham Brooks

Senior Lecturer

ICJS

graham.brooks@port.ac.uk

Profile

Qualifications

  • PhD: Fraud and corruption: measurement, strategies and policing
  • MPhil Criminology (University of Cambridge)
  • Social Policy and Adminstration BA (Leeds Metropolitan University)
  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
  • Postgraduate Social Science Research Methods (Nottingham Trent University) 

Expertise

Graham Brooks is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. His areas of expertise are fraud and corruption, community safety and crime prevention, youth justice and gambling addiction . Graham has been a liaison officer for a registered charity in Australia helping place ex-offenders in safe accommodation, community safety officer for Rushcliffe Borough Council (Nottingham), Secretariat of the Counter Fraud Accreditation Board (CFPAB), Regional Co-ordinator (in the north east and west) on the Community justice BA run by Portsmouth University, and is presently a member of the Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS). Graham has worked for Nottingham Trent University, Lincoln and Birmingham University before joining Portsmouth in 2003.

  • Fieldwork
  • Survey design
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis in research and evaluation studies
  • Interviewing
  • Project management

Interview from Korean Television - Relevant section is 26 minutes through.

Radio 5 Live Investigates: Interview with Graham Brooks on ‘Fraud in Football’  

Research Projects

  • Part of team commissioned to develop fraud loss measurement survey for Dept of International Development, 2011/2012
  • Part of team commissioned to research in to Wessex young offenders resettlement project, 2011/2012
  • Part of team commissioned to research civil prosecutions of fraud (East Midlands Fraud Forum, West Midlands Police and Eversheds, 2011/2012
  • Secured £2,500 from Sasakowa Foundation for research into Pachinko and Japanese Gambling
  • Evaluation of the Lincolnshire Probation Service and Training Enterprise Council Key Employment Skills Programme (Part of Team that secured £12,000 Funded by TEC)
  • Increasing Employability and Reducing Reconviction: A Key Skills Programme (As above)
  • Part of team commissioned to research ‘crash for cash’ scams by Acromas for £23,000 

Publications

Gee, J. Brooks, G and Button, M. (2012) Fraud in the International Mining Sector, London: PKF

Gee, J., Button, M. and Brooks. G. (2011) The financial cost of healthcare fraud: what data from around the world shows, London: PKF

Gee, J., Button, M., Brooks. G. and Higginbottom, N.  (2011) The resilience to fraud of the UK social housing sector: research into how well UK social housing organisations protect themselves:  London: PKF

Brooks, G., Chen, Fei-Lin, Lewis, C. & Ellis, T. (2012) Young people as social capital: Policing and preventing crime among young people ‘ at risk ’ in Taiwan and England Crime Prevention and Community Safety Vol. 14, 1, 16–32

Brooks, G. (2012) Challenging the myth of urban regeneration: Raising the profile of problem gambling with a media campaign, Journal of Gambling Studies (accepted and forthcoming)

Brooks, G., Button, M. and Azeem, A. (2012) Fraud, Corruption and Sport, Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming June 2012)

Ellis, T. Brooks, G. Lewis, C. and Ahmed al Hashemi (2011) Contrary Crimmigration: Limitations to the Hypothesis for Policing Dubai, Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS) Annual Conference Proceedings  pp 68-95

Gee, J., Button, M, and Brooks, G. (2011) The Financial cost of fraud: what data from around the world shows, PKF Accounts and Business Advisors Forensic Services, London: PKF

Gee, J. Brooks. G. and Button, M (2011) Fraud in Football: research into how football protects itself against fraud, PKF Accounts and Business Advisors Forensic Services, London: PKF

Brooks, G. and Blaszyzinski, A. (2011) Judicial decisions on cases involving problem gambling and crime in England and Wales, International Journal of Gambling Studies, Vol 11, (1) 81-92 

Button, M. Brooks, G and Gee, J, (2011) Measuring the Cost of Fraud: An Opportunity for the New Competitive Advantage, Journal of Financial Crime, (accepted and forthcoming)   

Brooks, G, Button, M. and Gee, J. (2011) The Scale of Healthcare Fraud: A Global Evaluation, Security Journal (accepted and forthcoming) 

Papadopolous, A. Brooks, G. (2011) The Investigation of Credit Card Fraud in Cyprus: Reviewing Police ‘Effectiveness’ Journal of Financial Crime, (accepted and forthcoming)   

Brooks, G.and Aleem, A. (2010) Gambling: the easy way to launder money! In Spectrum: The UK's Fraud Prevention Service Newsletter December 2010, pp 17-18

Brooks, G and Aleem, A. (2010) Cricket, Corruption and Gambling Spectrum: The UK's Fraud Prevention Service Newsletter October 2010, pp 16-17

Brooks, G. (2010) Whistleblowing: Following a Procedure in The Internal Betrayal: A CIFAS report on beating the growing threat of Staff Fraud pp 12-14, London: CIFAS

Kim, Hakkyong and Brooks, G. (2010) Inappropriate Calls to the Police: The Development of the Single Non Emergency Number in England and Wales:  The Journal of Police Studies, Police Science Institute  Vol 24, No (1) (2010) pp 269-287: South Korea: Seoul

Al Hashemi, A. Brooks, G. and Ellis, T. (2010) Examining the relationship between migration, labour and crime in the UAE: Crime prevention and the case of Dubai, Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS) pp. 451-465, Seoul, AAPS

Brooks, G. (2010) 'Maintaining Police Independence: The Importance of Discretion and Resisting Political Interference', South Korean National Police Agency, pp 35-47, Seoul, NPA

Brooks, G. Chen, Fei-Lin. Lewis, C. and Ellis, T. (2010) Youth Crime: Policing and preventing young offenders 'at risk' in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) and England and Wales, Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS) pp. 175-197, Seoul, AAPS.

Gee, J. Button, M. and Brooks, G. (2010) The financial cost of UK Public Sector Fraud: A less painful way to reduce public expenditure. Milton Keynes: MacIntyre Hudson 

Gee, J. Button, M. and Brooks, G. (2010) The financial cost of Healthcare fraud. Milton Keynes: MacIntyre Hudson 

Gee, J, Button, M and Brooks, G. (2009) The Financial Cost of Fraud, Milton Keynes: MacIntyre Hudson

Button, M and Brooks, G (2009) "Mind the gap", progress towards developing anti-fraud culture strategies in UK central government bodies, Journal of Financial Crime, Vol 16, No 3 pp. 229-244 

Brooks, G. Button M and Frimpong, K (2009) 'Policing fraud in the private sector: a survey of the FTSE 100 companies in the UK', in International Journal of Police Science and Management, Volume 11, No 4 (published online August, 2009)

Brooks, G. Kim, Hakkyong and Pamment, N. (2009) Inappropriate Calls to the Police: The Development of the Single Non Emergency Number in England and Wales:  In Asian Association Police Studies Proceedings, Central Police University, June 1-5 Taoyuan and Taipei City, Taiwan.

Lewis, C., Brooks, G., Ellis, T. and Hamai, K. (2009) Comparing Japanese and English juvenile justice: Reflections on change in the twenty-first century. Crime Prevention and Community Safety Vol. 11, 2, 75-89

Brooks, G., Ellis, T., and Lewis, C. (2008) Pachinko: A Japanese Addiction? International Gambling Studies Vol. 8 No.2.

Brooks, G., Ellis, T. and Demott, R. (2007), 'Cautionary Tales'? Changes to Diversion and Policing Young Offenders, In: Korean Criminology Association (KCA)'s International Youth Justice Conference on 'Police Diversion Policies and Regulations in the U.S., Great Britain, Japan and South Korea', May 30th 2007, Seoul: National Police Agency

Brooks, G., Ellis T., and Lewis, C. (2007) Pachinko: Declining Popularity or a Continuing Japanese Social Problem? Japan Focus

Brooks, G., Ellis, T. and Demott, R. (2007) '훈방 다이버젼으로의 ‘훈방?’ 변화 그리고 영국경찰의 청소년 사범 대책' in: Korean Criminology Association (KCA)'s International Youth Justice Conference on 'Police Diversion Policies and Regulations in the U.S., Great Britain, Japan and South Korea', May 30th 2007, Seoul: National Police Agency
Pdf

Sparrow, P. Brooks, G and Webb, D. (2002) 'National Standards for the Probation Service: Managing Post-Fordist Penality?' Howard Journal, Volume 41, Issue 1 pp27 - 40. February 2002.

Bankole, C. Brooks, G and Brown, K. (2001) 'Increasing Employability and Reducing Reconviction: A Key Skills Programme.' Lincoln: University of Lincolnshire and Humberside.

Bankole, C. Brown, K and Brooks, G. (2000) 'Evaluation of the Lincolnshire Probation Service and Training Enterprise Council (TEC) Key Employment Skills Programme.' Lincoln: University of Lincolnshire and Humberside.

Book Chapters

Brooks, G. (2002) 'National Standards and the Probation Service: The Regulation of 'Professionals' in the Community,' in Smith, R. (ed) Crime in the Professions pp.211-225. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Book Reviews

Brooks, G. (2011) Cross-border Online Gambling Law and Policy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (2010) Book review in in Journal of Sociology of Law, Crime and Justice

Brooks, G (2007) Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice: Building Theory and Policy from Practice Brazemore, G and Schiff, M (2004) Book Review in Vista: Perspectives on Probation 2007, No 1, Volume 11.

Brooks, G (2004) Crime Control and Community: The new politics of public safety (ed) Hughes, G and Edwards, A. (2002) Book Review in Vista: Perspectives on Probation 2004, No 3, Volume 9

Peer reviewed papers for:

Journal of Gambling Studies

The Police Journal

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

Journal of Community Safety and Crime Prevention

Conference Papers

Brooks, G. (2012) ‘Effective Measures for Tackling Public Sector Fraud and Corruption’, International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, Anti Corruption Conference, London, 12 March 2012

Brooks. G. (2011) ‘Effective measures for tackling Public Sector Fraud and Corruption’ International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, Anti Corruption Conference, London, 7 December, 2011

Brooks, G and Kim, Hakkyong (2011) Match Fixing in Korean Football: The Important Role of Sport in Korea and the Maintenance of Integrity, Dept of Protection and Security Management, Kyonggi University, South Korea, Sept 6, 2011   

Ellis, T. Brooks, G. Lewis, C. and Ahmed al Hashemi (2011) Contrary Crimmigration: Limitations to the Hypothesis for Policing Dubai, Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS) Annual Conference Proceedings, New Haven, USA 13-15 June, 2011

Brooks, G. (2011) Next Steps in Tackling Fraud in the Public Sector, Inside Government: Working in Partnership To Tackle Fraud in the Public Sector, Thursday 24 June, London 24 

Brooks, G. (2011) Match Fixing: The use of ‘technology’ to monitor fraud and corruption in sport, Counter Fraud and Forensic Accounting Conference, Tuesday 13 June, University of Portsmouth  

Brooks, G. (2011) The Governance of Football and Club Ownership in the EU: The Potential for Fraud and Corruption, Portsmouth Business School 7th Annual Research and Knowledge Transfer Conference, Tuesday 7 June, Portsmouth, UK 

Brooks, G.  (2011)  Combating Fraud in an Age of Austerity, a Public-Private partnership?, The Eastern Fraud Forum Fifth Annual Fraud Conference, May 12, 2011, Essex.  

Al Hashemi, A., Ellis, T., Brooks, G. and  Lewis, C. (2010) Examining the relationship between migration, labour and crime in the UAE British Society of Criminology Conference, Leicester, 11-14 July, 2010

Al Hashemi, A. Brooks, G. and Ellis, T. (2010) Examining the relationship between migration, labour and crime in the UAE: Crime prevention and the case of Dubai, Asian Association of Police Studies and National Police University, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and Community Policing, Seoul, South Korea 23-26 June, 2010

Brooks, G. (2010) Maintaining Police Independence: The Importance of Discretion and Resisting Political Interference, International Symposium, National Police Agency, Seoul, South Korea, 22 June 2010.

Brooks, G. Chen, Fei-Lin. Lewis, C. and Ellis, T. (2010) Youth Crime: Policing and preventing young offenders 'at risk' in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) and England and Wales, Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS) and National Police University, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and Community Policing, Seoul, South Korea 23-26 June, 2010

Button, M. Brooks, G. and Gee, J. (2010) Measuring the cost of Fraud: An Opportunity for the New Competitive Advantage. Portsmouth Business School: 6th Research and Knowledge Transfer Conference June 8, 2010

Brooks, G. (2010) 'Self Exclusion: Terrestrial and online and the problem of enforcement.' Paper presented at the Gambling Commission, Birmingham, March 26, 2010

Brooks, G. Kim, Hakkyong and Pamment, N. (2009) Inappropriate Calls to the Police: The Development of the Single Non Emergency Number in England and Wales. Paper presented at Asian Association Police Studies Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2009 

Brooks, G. (2008) The Probation Service of England and Wales: The evolution of punishment. Paper presented at South Korean National Probation Service, Seoul, September 11, 2008. 

Brooks G. and Ellis, T (2008) Casino culture: managing risk, funding public services and establishing care. Paper presented at Portsmouth Business School Research and Knowledge Transfer Conference June 10, 2008

Brooks, G (2007) Pachinko: A Japanese Addiction? Paper presented at European Criminology Conference, Bologna, September 26-29, 2007 

Brooks, G., (2007) 'Cautionary Tales'? Changes to Diversion and Policing Young Offenders, Paper presented at Korean Criminology Association (KCA)'s International Youth Justice Conference, Seoul, South Korea, 30th May 2007.

Brooks, G. (2002) 'National Standards and the Probation Service: The Regulation of 'Professionals' in the Community,' Paper presented at Australian Crime in the Professions Conference, Melbourne.

Research Grants

Part of team commissioned to develop fraud loss measurement survey for Dept of International Development, 2011/2012

Part of team commissioned to research in to Wessex young offenders resettlement project, 2011/2012

Part of team commissioned to research civil prosecutions of fraud (East Midlands Fraud Forum, West Midlands Police and Eversheds, 2011/2012

Part of team commissioned to research ‘cash for crash’ insurance scandals (Acromas 2011)