Professor Martin Innes
Co-Director (Lead) of the Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute
- Media commentator
Overview
Martin Innes is Director of the Crime and Security Research Institute (www.cardiff.ac.uk/crime-security-research-institute), the Universities' Police Science Institute (www.upsi.org.uk), and a Professor in the School of Social Sciences.
His work in the following areas has been especially influential across the academic, policy and practice communities in the UK and globally:
- Disinformation - leading a major international research programme to understand the causes and consequences of distorting and deceptive digital communications.
- Counter-terrorism – he has pioneered the use of social media analytics to study processes of reaction to terror attacks, and his research has directly impacted the Prevent Strategy.
- Neighbourhood Policing – designed many of the core processes and systems underpinning the Neighbourhood Policing model rolled out across England Wales.
- Signal Crimes – creator of this influential theoretical perspective in Criminology.
- Murder investigations – his PhD was the first major independent study of how police investigate and solve criminal homicides.
Biography
- 2019: Fellow Academy of Social Sciences
- 2015 to present Director Cardiff University Crime and Security Research Institute
- 2014 to 2018: Academic Lead Welsh Crucible
- 2014 to 2017: Academic member Professional Committee of the College of Policing
- 2011 to 2014: Deputy Director (Research) School of Social Sciences, Cardiff.
- 2011: Visiting Fellow Centre of Excellence in Policing & Security Australia
- 2007 to present: Professor and Director, Universities’ Police Science Institute
- 2004 to 2006: Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Surrey
- 2003 to 2005: Research lead, National Reassurance Policing Programme
- 1998 to 2004: Lecturer in Sociology, University of Surrey
Publications
2023
- Innes, M., Davies, B. and Lowe, T. 2023. Counter-governance and 'post-event prevent': regulating rumours, fake news and conspiracy theories in the aftermath of terror. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 72, article number: 100370. (10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.100370)
- Buntain, C., Innes, M., Mitts, T. and Shapiro, J. 2023. Cross-platform reactions to the post-January 6 deplatforming. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media 3, article number: 4. (10.51685/jqd.2023.004)
2022
- Innes, M. and Dawson, A. 2022. Erving Goffman on misinformation and information control: the conduct of contemporary Russian information operations. Symbolic Interaction 45(4), pp. 517-540. (10.1002/symb.603)
- Corcoran, P., Reinecke, P. and Innes, M. 2022. Social network interventions in the space of topological relationships between communities. Social Network Analysis and Mining 12, article number: 153. (10.1007/s13278-022-00976-8)
- Rogers, D., Preece, A., Innes, M. and Spasic, I. 2022. Real-time text classification of user-generated content on social media: Systematic review. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems 9(4), pp. 1154-1166. (10.1109/TCSS.2021.3120138)
- Innes, M. and Innes, H. 2022. Counterterrorism agencies and their work. In: Muro, D. and Wilson, T. eds. Contemporary Terrorism Studies. Oxford University Press, pp. 391-412.
- Collins, H., Evans, R., Innes, M., Kennedy, E. B., Mason-Wilkes, W. and McLevey, J. 2022. The face-to-face principle: science, trust, democracy and the internet. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book7)
2021
- Innes, M., Brookman, F. and Jones, H. 2021. “Mosaicking”: cross construction, sense-making and methods of police investigation. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 44(4), pp. 708-721. (10.1108/PIJPSM-02-2021-0028)
- Fussey, P., Davies, B. and Innes, M. 2021. ‘Assisted’ facial recognition and the reinvention of suspicion and discretion in digital policing. British Journal of Criminology 61(2), pp. 325-344. (10.1093/bjc/azaa068)
- Innes, M., Innes, H., Roberts, C., Harmston, D. and Grinnell, D. 2021. The normalisation and domestication of digital disinformation: on the alignment and consequences of far-right and Russian State (dis)information operations and campaigns in Europe. Journal of Cyber Policy 6(1), pp. 31-49. (10.1080/23738871.2021.1937252)
2020
- Dobreva, D., Grinnell, D. and Innes, M. 2020. Prophets and loss: how "soft facts" on social media influenced the Brexit campaign and social reactions to the murder of Jo Cox MP. Policy and Internet 12(2), pp. 144-164. (10.1002/poi3.203)
- Innes, M., Roberts, C., Lowe, T. and Innes, H. 2020. Neighbourhood policing: the rise and fall of a policing model. Clarendon Studies in Criminology. Oxford University Press.
- Innes, M. 2020. Techniques of disinformation: constructing and communicating "soft facts" after terrorism. British Journal of Sociology 71(2), pp. 284-299. (10.1111/1468-4446.12735)
- Grinnell, D., Harmston, D., Innes, H., Innes, M. and Roberts, C. 2020. Normalisation et domestication de la désinformation numérique : les opérations informationnelles d’interférence et d’influence de l’extrême droite et de l’État russe en Europe. Herodote: Revue de Geographie et de Geopolitique 2-3(177/17), pp. 101-123.
2019
- Dawson, A. and Innes, M. 2019. How Russia's internet research agency built its disinformation campaign. Political Quarterly 90(2), pp. 245-256. (10.1111/1467-923X.12690)
- Innes, M., Davies, B. and McDermont, M. 2019. How co-production regulates. Social and Legal Studies 28(3), pp. 370-391. (10.1177/0964663918777803)
2018
- Davies, B., Innes, M. and Dawson, A. 2018. An evaluation of South Wales Police's use of automated facial recognition. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Innes, M., Roberts, C., Preece, A. and Rogers, D. 2018. Ten 'Rs' of social reaction: using social media to analyse the 'post-event' impacts of the murder of Lee Rigby. Terrorism and Political Violence 30(3), pp. 454-474. (10.1080/09546553.2016.1180289)
- Preece, A., Spasic, I., Evans, K., Rogers, D., Webberley, W., Roberts, C. and Innes, M. 2018. Sentinel: a co-designed platform for semantic enrichment of social media streams. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems 5(1), pp. 118-131. (10.1109/TCSS.2017.2763684)
- Roberts, C., Innes, M., Preece, A. and Rogers, D. 2018. After Woolwich: analyzing open source communications to understand the interactive and multi-polar dynamics of the arc of conflict. British Journal of Criminology 58(2), pp. 434-454. (10.1093/bjc/azx024)
2017
- Innes, M., Roberts, C. and Lowe, T. 2017. A disruptive influence? "Prevent-ing" problems and countering violent extremism policy in practice. Law and Society Review 51(2), pp. 252-281. (10.1111/lasr.12267)
- Innes, M. and Levi, M. 2017. Making and managing terrorism and counter-terrorism. In: Liebling,, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Criminology : Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 455-477.
- Innes, H. and Innes, M. 2017. Murderous thoughts: the macro, micro and momentary in theorizing the causes and consequences of homicide. In: Brookman, F., Maguire, E. and Maguire, M. eds. The Handbook of Homicide. Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 3-20.
- Innes, M. 2017. From fear to understanding: 'making' and managing public reactions to crime, disorder and policing. In: Tilley, N. and Sidebottom, A. eds. Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety. London: Routledge, pp. 470-488.
- Dobreva, D. and Innes, M. 2017. 'Second wave de-liberalisation' and understanding the causes and consequences of Brexit's implications for policing. Democracy and Security Review 2016(4)
2016
- Innes, M., Roberts, C., Preece, A. and Rogers, D. 2016. Of instruments and data: Social media uses, abuses and analysis. In: Fielding, N. G., Lee, R. M. and Blank, G. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods. Sage, pp. 108-124.
- Preece, A. D., Roberts, C., Rogers, D., Webberley, W., Innes, M. and Braines, D. 2016. From open source communications to knowledge. Presented at: Next-Generation Analyst IV, Baltimore, MD, USA, 18-19 April 2016.
2015
- Lowe, T., Innes, H. and Innes, M. 2015. The work of Welsh Government funded Community Support Officers. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/research-deployment-work-500-welsh-government-funded-community-support-officers/?lang=en
2014
- Innes, M. 2014. Signal crimes: Social reactions to crime, Disorder and control. Oxford University Press.
2013
- Brookman, F. and Innes, M. 2013. The problem of success: what is a 'good' homicide investigation?. Policing and Society 23(3), pp. 292-310. (10.1080/10439463.2013.771538)
- Innes, M. and Brookman, F. 2013. Helping police with their enquiries: international perspectives on homicide investigation. Policing and Society 23(3), pp. 285-291. (10.1080/10439463.2013.771542)
- Innes, H. and Innes, M. 2013. Personal, situational and incidental vulnerabilities to ASB harm: a follow up study. Project Report. Cardiff: Universities Police Science Institute, Cardiff University.
- Levi, M., Innes, M., Reuter, P. and Gundur, R. V. 2013. The economic, financial & social impacts of organised crime in the European Union. Brussels: European Parliament. Available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2013/493018/IPOL-JOIN_ET%282013%29493018_EN.pdf
- Roberts, C., Innes, M., Williams, M. L., Tregidga, J. and Gadd, D. 2013. Understanding who commits hate crimes and why they do it. Project Report. Welsh Government.
- Innes, M. 2013. Rebooting the PC: using innovation to drive smart policing. Technical Report.
2012
- Lowe, T. and Innes, M. 2012. Can we speak in confidence? Community intelligence and neighbourhood policing v2.0. Policing and Society 22(3), pp. 295-316. (10.1080/10439463.2012.671823)
2011
- Leigh, C., Innes, M., Roberts, C. and Lowe, T. 2011. Social harms of crime: A geographical analysis of South Wales.. Presented at: International Crime and Intelligence Analysis Conference, Manchester, UK, 21 November 2011.
- Innes, M., Roberts, C., Innes, H., Lowe, T. and Lakhani, S. 2011. Assessing the effects of prevent policing: a report to the Association of Chief Police Officers. Technical Report.
2010
- Innes, M. 2010. The art, craft and science of policing. In: Cane, P. and Kritzer, H. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 11-36.
- Innes, M. 2010. Criminal legacies: community impact assessments and defining "success" and "harm" in police homicide investigations. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 26(4), pp. 367-381. (10.1177/1043986210377106)
- Innes, M. 2010. Police Interrogation and American Justice by Richard A. Leo [Book Review]. American Journal of Sociology 116(2), pp. 674-675. (10.1086/656227)
- Innes, M. 2010. A 'mirror' and a 'motor': researching and reforming policing in an age of austerity. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 4(2), pp. 127-134. (10.1093/police/pap058)
- Weston, N. and Innes, M. 2010. Terrorism. In: Brookman, F. et al. eds. Handbook on Crime. Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing, pp. 846-864.
- Innes, M. and Weston, N. 2010. Re-thinking the policing of anti-social behaviour. Project Report. London: Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
2009
- Innes, M. and Clarke, A. 2009. Policing the past: cold case studies, forensic evidence and retroactive social control. British Journal of Sociology 60(3), pp. 543-563. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01255.x)
- Roberts, C. and Innes, M. 2009. The 'death' of Dixon?: policing gun crime and the end of the generalist police constable in England and Wales. Criminology and Criminal Justice 9(3), pp. 337-357. (10.1177/1748895809336383)
- Innes, M., Abbott, L., Lowe, T. and Roberts, C. 2009. Seeing like a citizen: field experiments in community intelligence-led policing. In: Grabosky, P. ed. Community Policing and Peacekeeping. Advances in Police Theory and Practice CRC Press, pp. 13-32.
- Innes, M., Abbott, L., Lowe, T. and Roberts, C. 2009. Seeing like a citizen: field experiments in 'community intelligence-led policing'. Police Practice and Research 10(2), pp. 99-114. (10.1080/15614260802264545)
2008
- Innes, M. and Thiel, D. 2008. Policing terror. In: Newburn, T. ed. The handbook of policing 2nd edition. Cullompton: Willan, pp. 553-579.
- Innes, M. and Roberts, C. 2008. Reassurance policing, community intelligence and the co-production of neighbourhood order. In: Williamson, T. ed. The handbook of knowledge–based policing: current conceptions and Future Directions. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 241-262., (10.1002/9780470773215.ch11)
- Lowe, T. and Innes, M. 2008. Countering terror: Violent radicalisation and situational intelligence. Prison Service Journal(179), pp. 3-10.
- Innes, M. 2008. Toward a science of streetcraft: The method of Reassurance Policing. In: Easton, M. et al. eds. Reflections of Reassurance Policing in the Low Countries. Het Groene Gras The Hague, Netherlands: Boom Juridische Uitgevers
2006
- Innes, M. 2006. Policing Uncertainty: Countering Terror through Community Intelligence and Democratic Policing. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 605(1), pp. 222-241. (10.1177/0002716206287118)
2005
- Innes, M., Fielding, N. and Cope, N. 2005. The appliance of science: the theory and practice of crime intelligence analysis. British Journal of Criminology 45(1), pp. 39-57. (10.1093/bjc/azh053)
2004
- Innes, M. 2004. Signal Crimes and Signal Disorders: Notes on Deviance as Communicative Action. British Journal of Sociology 55(3), pp. 335-355. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00023.x)
2003
- Innes, M. 2003. Investigating murder: detective work and the police response to criminal homicide. Clarendon Studies in Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Since 2007 Innes has been Principal Investigator or lead Co-Investigator on funded research to the value of approximately £10mill. Funders have included Economic and Social Research Council; European Commission; Home Office; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Public Safety Canada; College of Policing.
Selected key publications:
Innes, M. Roberts, C., Lowe, T. and Innes, H. (in press, 2020) Neighbourhood Policing. Oxford Clarendon Press.
Innes, M. (in press, 2020) “Techniques of disinformation: Constructing and communicating ‘soft facts’ after terrorism”, British Journal of Sociology
Dawson, A. and Innes, M. (2019) “How Russia’s Internet Research Agency built its disinformation campaign”, Political Quarterly, 90/2: 245-56.
Innes, M., Roberts, C. and Lowe, T. (2017) “A disruptive influence: Prevent-ing problems and countering violent extremism policy in practice”, Law and Society Review, 51/2: 252-81.
Innes, M., Roberts, C., Preece, A. and Rogers, D. (2018) “Ten Rs of social reaction: Using social media to measure the post-event impacts of the murder of Lee Rigby”, Terrorism and Political Violence. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2016.1180289
Innes, M. (2014) Signal Crimes: Social Reactions To Crime, Disorder and Control. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Innes, M. (2006) “Policing uncertainty: countering terror through community
intelligence and democratic policing”, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (605) pp.222-41.
Innes, M. (2004) “Signal crimes and signal disorders: notes on deviance as
communicative action”, British Journal of Sociology. (55/3) pp. 335-55.
Innes, M. (2003) Investigating Murder: Detective Work and the Police Response to
Criminal Homicide. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Impact Indicators
Research cited in Culture, Media and Sport Parliamentary Select Committee Report on ‘Fake News’ (2019) and in evidence presented to the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs concerning: “Undermining Democracy: Kremlin Tools of Malign Political Influence.”
Briefings to all relevant major government departments and agencies on research into the influence of social media following 2017 terrorist attacks (2017/18).
Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse – instructed as policing expert (2016).
