BIOGRAPHY
Dr Suleman Lazarus is a Visiting Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳). At the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Dr Lazarus is engaged in collaborative research projects, including (a) "", (b) “”, (c) "," (d) "," and (e)“.” Additionally, he is conducting a solo research project titled "." Previously, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Geography Department of the University of California, Berkeley, from 2019 to 2020.
EDUCATION
Dr Suleman Lazarus holds a multidisciplinary PhD from the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth (UoP). Before that, he earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳). Before university, he attended Lambeth College in London, where he completed his pre-university qualifications. His academic journey continued at the University of Greenwich (UoG), where he obtained a bachelor’s degree with First-Class Honours in 2013. He received the University Merit Award for achieving the highest classification in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
His multidisciplinary research interests include (1) , (2) , (3) , (4) , (5) , (6) , and (7) .
EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES
Dr Suleman Lazarus is an Associate Editor of a journal, . He also serves as , such as the following:
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
- Social Science Computer Review
- Computer Law and Security Review
- Children and Youth Service Review
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Journal of Family Studies
- Journal of Crime and Justice
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Soares, A. B., Lazarus, S., & Button, M. (2025). Love, Lies, and Larceny: One Hundred Convicted Case Files of Cybercriminals with Eighty Involving Online Romance Fraud. Deviant Behavior, 1–24.
Lazarus, S., & Soares, A. B. (2025). From business centres to hustle kingdoms: Historical perspectives on innovative models of deviant education. International Annals of Criminology, 1–20.
Lazarus, S., Chiang, M., & Button, M. (2025). Assessing Human Trafficking and Cybercrime Intersections Through Survivor Narratives. Deviant Behavior, 1–18.
Whittaker, J. M., McGuire, M. R., & Lazarus, S. (2025). Conversations with deviant website developers: A case study of online shopping fraud enablers. Journal of Criminology, 0(0).
Lazarus, S. (2025). 'Online romance scams: who Nigeria and Ghana's fraudsters are, how they operate, and why they do it,' The Conversation, retrieved:
Lazarus, S., Hughes, M., Button, M., & Garba, K. H. (2025). Fraud as Legitimate Retribution for Colonial Injustice: Neutralization Techniques in Interviews with Police and Online Romance Fraud Offenders. Deviant Behavior, 1–22.
Lazarus, S. (2024). Assessing cybercrime syndicates: Understanding ‘Black Axe’ confraternity and cybercriminal networks in business email compromise (BEC) scams. The Public Sector Counter Fraud Journal, 14, 24–26.
Button, M., Gilmour, P. M., Hock, B., Jain, T., Jesperson, S., Lazarus, S., Pandey, D., & Sabia, J. (2024). Scoping study on fraud centres: Ghana, India and Nigeria. ITAD.
Soares, A. B., & Lazarus, S. (2024). Examining Fifty Cases of Convicted Online Romance Fraud Offenders. Criminal Justice Studies.
Lazarus, S. (2024). An Autoethnographic Perspective on Scholarly Impact, Citation Politics, and North-South Power Dynamics. Life Writing.
Garba, K. H., Lazarus, S. & Button, M. (2024). An Assessment of Convicted Cryptocurrency Fraudsters
Current Issues in Criminal Justice.
Lazarus, S., Ghafari, A. R., Kapend, R., Rezayee, K. J., Aminpoor, H., Essar, M. Y., & Nemat, A. (2024). Nomophobia (No-mobile-phone Phobia) among undergraduate medical students. Heliyon, 10, 16, E36250.
Lazarus, S., Tickner, P., & McGuire, M. (in press). Cybercrime Against Senior Citizens: Exploring Ageism, Ideal Victimhood, and the Pivotal Role of Socioeconomics. Security Journal, 1–19.
Lazarus, S. (2024). Cybercriminal Networks and Operational Dynamics of Business Email Compromise (BEC) Scammers: Insights from the “Black Axe” Confraternity. Deviant Behavior, 1–25.
Whittaker, J. M., Lazarus, S., & Corcoran, T. (2024). Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering”(Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘). Journal of Economic Criminology, 100052.
Lazarus et al. (2023). Cheques or Dating Scams? Online Fraud Themes in Hip-Hop Songs Across Popular Music Apps. Journal of Economic Criminology.
Lazarus, S., Whittaker, J. M., McGuire, M. R., & Platt, L. (2023). What Do We Know About Online Romance Fraud Studies? A Systematic Review of the Empirical Literature (2000 to 2021). Journal of Economic Criminology, 100013.
Lazarus, S. (2023) Social Media Users Compare Internet Fraudsters to Nigerian Politicians. The ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ BLOG (Blog entry):
Lazarus, S., Button, M. & Adogame, A. (2022). Advantageous Comparison: Using Twitter Responses to Understand Similarities between Cybercriminals (“Yahoo Boys”) and Politicians (“Yahoo men”). Heliyon, e11142.
Nemat A., Danishmand T.J., Essar M.Y., Raufi N, Ahmad S., & Lazarus S. (2022). Hijab or Niqab Interacts with Facemasks Usage at Healthcare Settings in Kabul, Afghanistan: A Multi-Center Observational Study. Healthcare. 10(10):1946.
Lazarus, S. and Button, M. (2022). Online fraudsters, colonial legacies, and the north-south divide in Nigeria. The Conversation (Blog Entry):
Lazarus, S., Button, M. (2022). Tweets and Reactions: Revealing the Geographies of Cybercrime Perpetrators and the North-South Divide. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
Lazarus, S., Button, M. and Kapend, R. (2022). Exploring the Value of Feminist Theory in Understanding Digital Crimes. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice.
Lazarus, S. (2021). Demonstrating the Therapeutic Values of Poetry in Doctoral Research. Methodological Innovations. 14 (2) 1-11.
Lazarus, S. and Okolorie, G. U. (2019). The Bifurcation of the Nigerian Cybercriminals: Narratives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Agents. Telematics and Informatics, 40, 14-26.
Lazarus, S. (2019). Where is the Money? The Intersectionality of the Spirit World and the Acquisition of Wealth. Religions, 10, (3), 146, 1-20.
Lazarus, S. (2019). Just Married: The Synergy between Feminist Criminology and The Tripartite Cybercrime Framework. International Social Science Journal, 69 (231) 15-33.
Lazarus, Suleman. (2019). 'Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others': The Hierarchy of Citizenship in Austria. Laws, 8(3), 14.
Lazarus, Suleman. (2018). Birds of a Feather Flock Together: The Nigerian Cyber Fraudsters (Yahoo Boys) and Hip-Hop Artists. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 19 (2), 63-80.
Rush, M., and Lazarus, S. (2018). 'Troubling' Chastisement: A Comparative Historical Analysis of Child Punishment in Ghana and Ireland. Sociological Research Online, 23, (1), 177-196.
Lazarus, S., Rush, M., Dibiana, E. T., and Monks, C. P. (2017). Gendered Penalties of Divorce on Remarriage in Nigeria: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 48 (3), 351-366.