Impact of fraud
Lazarus, S., Chiang, M., & Button, M. (2025). Assessing Human Trafficking and Cybercrime Intersections Through Survivor Narratives. Deviant Behavior, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2025.2470402
Button, M., Shepherd, D., Hawkins, C., and Tapley, J. (In Press). Fear and phoning: Telephones, fraud, and older adults in the UK. International Review of Victimology, 02697580241254399.
Button, M., & Cross, C. (2017). Cyber frauds, scams and their victims. Routledge.
Button, M., Lewis, C. and Tapley, J. (2014) Not a Victimless Crime: The Impact of Fraud on Individual Victims and their Families. Security Journal, 27(1) 36-54.Doi: 10.1057/sj.2012.11
Button, M., Lewis, C. and Tapley, J. (2009) Fraud Typologies and the Victims of Fraud Literature Review. London: National Fraud Authority.
Button, M., Lewis, C. and Tapley, J. (2009) Support for the Victims of Fraud: An Assessment of the current Infra-Structure in England and Wales. London: National Fraud Authority.
Button, M., Lewis, C. and Tapley, J. (2009) A Better Deal for Victims. London: National Fraud Authority.
Impact of cybercrime
Button, M., Shepherd, D., Blackbourn, D., Suguira, L., Kapend, R., Wang, V. (In Press) Assessing the Seriousness of Cybercrime: The Case of Computer Misuse Crime in the United Kingdom and the Victims’ Perspective. Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Button, M., Blackbourn, D., Sugiura, L., Shepherd, D., Kapend, R and Wang, V. (2021) From feeling like rape to a minor inconvenience: Victims’ accounts of the impact of computer misuse crime in the United Kingdom. Telematics, 64, 101675.
Button, M., Sugiura, L., Blackbourn, D., Kapend, R., Shepherd, D., Wang, V. (2020) Victims of Computer Misuse. Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth. Available at https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/files/20818559/Victims_of_Computer_Misuse_Main_Findings.pdf
Button, M., Blackbourn, D., Sugiura, L., Shepherd, D., Kapend, R., and Wang, V. (2021) Victims of Cybercrime: Understanding the Impact through Accounts. In (eds) R. Leukfeldt and M. Kranenbarg. Cybercrime in Context. Springer
Victims and the criminal justice system/fraud justice network
Button, M., McNaughton-Nicholls, C., Kerr, J. and Owen, R. (2015) Online Fraud Victims in England and Wales: Victims’ Views on Sentencing and the Opportunity for Restorative Justice? Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 54: 193-211.
Kerr, J., Owen, R., McNaughton Nicholls, C. and Button, M. (2013) Research on Sentencing Online Fraud Offences. London: Sentencing Council.
Button, M., Tapley, J. and Lewis, C. (2013) The ‘Fraud Justice Network’ and the Infra-structure of Support for Individual Fraud Victims in England and Wales. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 13: 37-61.
Why victims become victims?
Button, M., McNaughton-Nicholls, C., Kerr, J. and Owen, R. (2014) Online Frauds: Learning From Victims Why They Fall For These Scams. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 47 (3): 391-408. DOI: 10.1177/0004865814521224