[AISWorld] CFP for HICSS-57 (2024): Illicit Activity and Criminal Justice Minitrack

[Petter, Stacie]

We invite authors to submit their research to the Illicit Activity and
Criminal Justice minitrack at the Hawaii International Conference on System
Sciences (HICSS), which will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 3-6,
2024. This minitrack is being offered for the first time as part of the
special track on Information, Technology, Social Justice, and Marginalized
Contexts.

*MINITRACK DESCRIPTION*
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have changed the practices
used by illicit actors and those seeking to interdict illegal or
exploitative activity. Advances in information technology have led to new
business models and business practices that expand illicit actors’ markets,
increase the risk and scope of victimization, and allow illicit actors to
evade detection. ICT also enables illicit actors to gain access to
marginalized groups, who are often already vulnerable to exploitation. Law
enforcement agencies and governments react to these adaptations by illicit
actors, often by trying to comply with or reform aging laws and policies
that fail to keep up with information technology and criminal behavior. In
addition, many legitimate organizations are seeking opportunities to use
ICT to identify and mitigate the use of their products or services by
illicit actors in an effort to protect their stakeholders and organization
from harm or exploitation.

This minitrack welcomes research exploring the intersection of ICT and
illicit activity that has a physical world component and/or the use of ICT
by illicit actors that targets or exploits marginalized groups. We welcome
a range of methodological approaches as well as conceptual, theoretical,
empirical, and methodological papers. We are interested in research from a
range of perspectives, such as how criminal behavior is altered due to
ICTs, interventions by law enforcement, civil agencies, NGOs, or businesses
to detect, disrupt, or dismantle illicit networks, and the role of
information technology to serve and support victims of crime and
exploitation in gaining access to justice. Topics of interest include, but
are not limited to:

- Changing behaviors among illicit actors as a result of ICT
- Technology and its impact on human trafficking activity, prevention, or
interdiction
- Exploitation of marginalized groups with information technology
- Use of ICT to provide marginalized groups better access to justice
- Use of information technology by government agencies, non-profit
organizations, or businesses to detect, disrupt, or dismantle illicit
networks
- Development of interventions to detect and prevent illicit activity that
intersects
the physical and online worlds
- Use of ICT to protect marginalized and vulnerable populations from
exploitation
- Protection of individuals in marginalized groups from illicit actors
through policies,
technology design, or interventions
- Linking illicit actors’ activities with their cyber identities and/or
personal identity

*IMPORTANT DATES*
   - April 15: Paper submission begins
   - June 15: Paper submissions deadline
   - August 17: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
   - September 22: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript
   - October 1: Deadline for at least one author to register for HICSS

*MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS*
Stacie Petter (Primary Contact)
Wake Forest University
petters at wfu.edu

Gisela Bichler
California State University San Bernardino
gbichler at csusb.edu

Michael Fullilove
DeliverFund
Michaelhfullilove at gmail.com

Laurie Giddens
University of North Texas
laurie.giddens at unt.edu