Biography
Dr Diarmaid Harkin is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University and currently an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow based at the Alfred Deakin Institute.
His current active research projects examine the use of private security companies by family violence services; the threat of the consumer spyware industry; and the challenges of cyber-crime for the police.
Diarmaid has also conducted a number of studies into community policing policy in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Diarmaid has published in numerous top-tier journals on the themes of policing, punitiveness, private security, cyber-policing, and spyware.
Diarmaid's paper in Theoretical Criminology won the Brian Williams Prize from the British Society of Criminology, for best sole-authored article from an early career researcher.
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Dr Diarmaid Harkin is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University. His current active research projects examine the use of private security companies by family violence services; the threat of the consumer spyware industry; and the challenges of cyber-crime for the police. He has also conducted numerous studies into community policing in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Awards
Research Awards:
Winner of the the British Society of Criminology’s Policing Network Joint-Author Prize 2017, co-written with Dr Kath Murray (University of Edinburgh):
Murray K and Harkin D (2017) Policing in cool and hot climates: legitimacy, power and the rise and fall of mass stop and search in Scotland. British Journal of Criminology 57(4): 885-905.
Winner of the Brian Williams Prize 2015, British Society of Criminology, best sole-authored paper by an early career researcher:
Harkin D (2015) The Police and Punishment: Understanding the Pains of Policing. Theoretical Criminology, Vol 19(1): 43-58.
Teaching Awards:
Winner of the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence - Early Career Teaching 2015 (Deakin University)
Publications
Andi Brown, Diarmaid Harkin, Leonie Tanczer
(2024), pp. 1-24, Violence Against Women, London, Eng., C1
D Harkin, M Mann
(2023), pp. 1-20, Digital Journalism, London, Eng., C1
Consumer IoT and its under-regulation: Findings from an Australian study
D Harkin, M Mann, I Warren
(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 96-113, Policy and Internet, London, Eng., C1
Exploring the social implications of buying and selling cyber security
D Harkin, A Molnar
(2022), pp. 1-18, Crime, Law and Social Change, Berlin, Germany, C1
Diarmaid Harkin, Robert Merkel
(2022), pp. 1-23, Violence Against Women, London, Eng., C1
Securing Australian Journalism From Surveillance
Diarmaid Harkin, Monique Mann
(2022), Geelong, Vic., A6
Civilianising specialist units: Reflections on the policing of cyber-crime
C Whelan, D Harkin
(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 529-546, Criminology and Criminal Justice, C1
D Harkin, A Molnar
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 851-875, Violence Against Women, United States, C1
Perceptions of police training needs in cyber-crime
D Harkin, C Whelan
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 66-76, International Journal of Police Science and Management, C1
D Harkin
(2021), Vol. 54, pp. 521-538, Journal of Criminology, C1
Enhancing Consumer Awareness of Privacy and the Internet of Things
Ian Warren, M Mann, D Harkin
(2021), Sydney, N.S.W., A6
The commodification of mobile phone surveillance: An analysis of the consumer spyware industry
D Harkin, A Molnar, E Vowles
(2020), Vol. 16, pp. 33-60, Crime, Media, Culture, C1
Diarmaid Harkin
(2020), Office of the eSafety Commissioner, A6
Review of eSafety's Existing Technology Related Content
Diarmaid Harkin
(2020), Canberra, A.C.T., A6
D Harkin
(2019), A1
Regulating private sector security provision for victims of domestic violence
D Harkin
(2019), Vol. 23, pp. 415-432, Theoretical criminology, London, Eng., C1
Exploring the implications of 'low visibility' specialist cyber-crime units
D Harkin, C Whelan
(2019), Vol. 52, pp. 578-594, Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology, London, Eng., C1
The Consumer Spyware Industry: an Australian-based analysis of the threats of consumer spyware
Diarmaid Harkin, Adam Molnar
(2019), [Sydney, N.S.W.], A6
Community safety partnerships: the limits and possibilities of 'policing with the community'
D Harkin
(2018), Vol. 20, pp. 125-136, Crime prevention and community safety, New York, N.Y., C1
The challenges facing specialist police cyber-crime units: an empirical analysis
D Harkin, C Whelan, L Chang
(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 519-536, Police Practice and Research, C1
K Murray, D Harkin
(2017), Vol. 57, pp. 885-905, British journal of criminology, Oxford, Eng., C1
Private security companies and domestic violence: a welcome new development?
D Harkin, K Fitz-Gibbon
(2017), Vol. 17, pp. 433-449, Criminology and criminal justice, London, Eng., C1
D Harkin
(2017), Vol. 68, pp. 167-185, Crime, law and social change, Berlin, Germany, C1
The police and punishment: understanding the pains of policing
D Harkin
(2016), Vol. 3, pp. 43-58, Theoretical criminology: critical concepts in criminology, Abingdon, Eng., B1
The police and punishment: understanding the pains of policing
D Harkin
(2015), Vol. 19, pp. 43-58, Theoretical criminology, C1-1
Police legitimacy, ideology and qualitative methods: a critique of procedural justice theory
D Harkin
(2015), Vol. 15, pp. 594-612, Criminology and criminal justice, London, Eng., C1
Simmel, the police form and the limits of democratic policing
D Harkin
(2015), Vol. 55, pp. 730-746, British journal of criminology, Oxford, Eng., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Regulating the Internet of Things to Protect Consumer Privacy
Dr Ian Warren, Dr Monique Mann, Dr Diarmaid Harkin, Lauren Solomon
Aust Communications Consumer Action Network
- 2020: $20,097
- 2019: $38,098
Building Support Services for Women Experiencing Technology-Facilitated Domestic Violence in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu
Dr Diarmaid Harkin, Prof Matthew Clarke, A/Prof Mary Iliadis
1-5 DFAT Cyber and Critical Tech Cooperation Program
- 2023: $181,517
- 2022: $150,000
Can CCTV provide safety and security for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence ?
Dr Diarmaid Harkin, A/Prof Mary Iliadis, Prof Marilyn McMahon
Aust Institute of Criminology - Criminology Research Grants
- 2023: $18,279
- 2022: $13,709
Other Public Sector Funding
Scoping study exploring the availability of specialist technology support for those impacted by technology-facilitated abuse.
Dr Diarmaid Harkin, A/Prof Samer Hanoun
Office of the eSafety Commissioner
- 2020: $95,000
eSAFETY COMMISSIONER- Preventing and disrupting technology-facilitated abuse against women using targeted digital advertising and search engine optimisation techniques
Dr Diarmaid Harkin, A/Prof Mary Iliadis, Prof Chad Whelan
Office of the eSafety Commissioner
- 2023: $170,281
Industry and Other Funding
Evaluating the partnership between family violence services and private security companies
Dr Diarmaid Harkin
The Salvation Army
- 2019: $909
- 2018: $7,272
- 2017: $14,545
Risks, Impacts, and Accountability in the Consumer Spyware Industry
Dr Diarmaid Harkin
Aust Communications Consumer Action Network
- 2019: $43,977
- 2017: $12,146
Policing financially motivated cybercrime: Current and emerging challenges.
Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Diarmaid Harkin, Dr James Martin
University of Montreal
- 2023: $28,881
Other Funding Sources
Examining opportunities and constraints of civilianisation for enhancing law enforcement cyber capability in Australia.
Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Diarmaid Harkin, Dr James Martin
Cyber Security Research Centre Limited
- 2023: $94,947
Supervisions
Miah Hammond-Errey
Thesis entitled: Big Data and National Security: Impacts for Intelligence
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences