Criminal Network Analysis Course
Registration
To book your place please complete the registration form or email chief@cambridge-ebp.co.uk.
Duration
Tuesday, 12th to Friday, 15th January 2027
Short Description
Course Director
Professor Paolo Campana
Purpose
This face-to-face residential course is intended to prepare investigative, analytic or operational professionals in policing to use the tools of criminal network analysis in policing of high-harm crimes. It will teach participants how to use criminal network analysis (CNA) for a range of purposes, including:
Targeting of criminal networks and their members;
Identifying central individuals – key players and brokers;
Identifying structural crime patterns, including criminal clustering;
Ranking of seriousness with any crime harm index or crime severity scores;
Prediction of future criminal behaviour or victimisations;
Tracking network activity through intelligence reports;
Testing the effects of interventions on networked criminal activity.
Specific Skills
Learners will learn how to leverage on CNA for policing high-harm crimes. They will be introduced to network analysis concepts and thinking, data sources and real-world applications. They will develop hands-on experience using CNA and work on a group project during the course.
Course Structure
The course includes both seminars and practical hands-on exercises using i2. Discussions include key concepts in CNA (e.g., centrality measures, community detection algorithms, data structure). Applications of CNA to a number of different crimes ranging from violence to gangs, human trafficking, people smuggling and terrorism are also discussed. The final day of the course also includes an input and Q&A session with a subject matter expert from i2.
Learning Media
Learning will take place in a Cambridge college lecture hall and side-rooms.
Analytic Materials
Besides lectures and discussion groups, the course provides a variety of readings to expose learners to real-world applications of CNA by various policing agencies and researchers around the globe.
Certification
Once learners complete the course, they receive a Professional Certificate in Criminal Network Analysis from the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing Ltd.
Venue
Selwyn College, Cambridge University.
Cost
Residential - £2,000+ VAT
Non-Residential - £1,637+ VAT
To book your place, please complete the registration form below or email chief@cambridge-ebp.co.uk.
Enquiries
For any further enquiries relating to this course, please contact chief@cambridge-ebp.co.uk.
