David Buil-Gil is a Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology at the Department of Criminology of the University of Manchester, and a member of the Manchester Centre for Digital Trust and Society. His research interests include geographic criminology, small area estimation applications in criminology, quantitative research methods, and cybercrime.
Scientific articles on COVID-19 and crime
- Buil-Gil, D., Zeng, Y., & Kemp, S. (2021). Offline crime bounces back to pre-COVID levels, cyber stays high: interrupted time-series analysis in Northern Ireland. Crime Science, 10(26). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-021-00162-9
- Buil-Gil, D., Miró-Llinares, F., Moneva, A., Kemp, S., & Díaz-Castaño, N. (2021). Cybercrime and shifts in opportunities during COVID-19: a preliminary analysis in the UK. European Societies, 23(sup1), S47-S59. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2020.1804973
- Kemp, S., Buil-Gil, D., Moneva, A., Miró-Llinares, F., & Díaz-Castaño, N. (2021). Empty streets, busy internet: A time-series analysis of cybercrime and fraud trends during COVID-19. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/10439862211027986
- Buil-Gil, D., & Zeng, Y. (2021). Meeting you was a fake: Investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19. Journal of Financial Crime. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-02-2021-0042
Blog posts on COVID-19 and crime
- Buil-Gil, D., Lord, N., Barrett, E., Dresner, D., & Higgins, B. (2020, March). Profiting from pandemics: COVID-19, changing routines and cyber crimes. Policy@Manchester Blog. https://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/digital-futures/2020/03/profiting-from-pandemics-covid-19-changing-routines-and-cyber-crimes/
- Kemp, S., Buil-Gil, D., & Zeng, Y. (2021, September). Hands, face, cyber space: How the pandemic is accelerating the growth of cybercrime. N8 Policing Research Partnership Blog. https://n8prp.org.uk/hands-face-cyber-space-how-the-pandemic-is-accelerating-the-growth-of-cybercrime/