Catarina Cardoso Fonseca

Junior Researcher

Catarina Cardoso Fonseca, has a degree and master's degree in Criminology having studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. She is currently a PhD student in Criminology at the same faculty, and her project is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology. Over the past two years, she has carried out scientific investigations into online fraud, especially analyzing the factors that predict cybervictimization. On the other hand, she has also studied the factors that increase or decrease the likelihood of reporting cybercrime to the police. She has also participated as a speaker at national and international conferences, in workshops and has published articles in Peer-review magazines and book chapters. Recently, her research focus has been cyber offenders, especially cyber fraudsters in an attempt to differentiate them from other criminals.
 

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