ELISABETH CARTER

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Dr Carter is a consultant, author, criminologist and forensic linguist. She is the UKs leading scholar of romance fraud, as well as an authority on all types of fraud; her research and expertise focuses on the language of manipulation and sits at the intersection of crime, language and the law. She was awarded the British Society of Criminology’s book prize and has an impressive body of peer-reviewed fraud research and authorship of public-facing guidance nationally and internationally in academia and practice. She is the Outstanding Tacking Economic Crime Professional 2022 as awarded by the Tackling Economic Crime Awards (TECAs), the gold standard across the public, private and third sector in recognising excellence in tackling economic crime.

 

She holds a Doctorate in Criminology, a Master’s degree in Criminology, a Master’s degree in Criminological Research and a BA (Hons) in Psycholinguistics and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her work is highly valued by financial institutions and the police, with many successful partnership initiatives with multiple police forces, banks, work with charities, local government and with clients in the online dating sector. She also engages regularly with the media, appearing on For Love or Money (BBC1), Word of Mouth (BBC R4), Dirty Rotten Scammers (BBC1) and Moneybox (BBC R4). She is also an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Kingston.

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Professional Affiliations:

British Society of Criminology

International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics

British Sociological Association

European Society of Criminology

Fraud Advisory Panel

Law and Society Association

Language Professionals Network

Fraud Women’s Network

Higher Education Academy (Fellow)