Michael McGuire

Dr. Michael McGuire is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey's Department of Sociology, affiliated with the Surrey Centre for Cyber Security. He holds a first-class BSc Econ in Philosophy & Scientific Method from the London School of Economics and a PhD from King's College London. His research focuses on the intersection of technology and the justice system, with notable contributions to cybercrime theory, automated policing, and technological risk analysis. He has published extensively, including the award-winning book Hypercrime: The New Geometry of Harm (2008), which redefined cybercrime conceptualization.

Key research areas include online fraud mechanisms, automation in policing, privacy in transport technologies, and the sociological implications of technological justice failures, such as the UK Post Office Horizon scandal. His work bridges theoretical criminology with applied studies, including a Home Office-commissioned cybercrime evidence review. McGuire's recent projects explore the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence in law enforcement and the societal impacts of techno-driven criminal behaviors.

He has received the 2008 British Society of Criminology Runners-Up Book Prize for his contributions to criminological theory. His interdisciplinary approach combines criminology with sociology, security studies, and technological ethics, positioning him as a leading voice in technology-justice discourse.