This paper presents the early results of a study exploring computer misuse and fraud victimisation in Wales, United Kingdom (UK). The results presented here describe the quality of the data available to local forces, the characteristics and heterogeneity of the victims who report incidents and the nature of the police response at a local level. The significance of these results is considered within the enforcement and victimisation policy context that surrounds computer misuse and fraud. It is argued that while Action Fraud data provides a rich source of data with respect to victims’ needs, specific improvements in data collection and processing could aid local forces in the delivery (or facilitation) of a more victim-focused response. Alongside this, the results highlight how an adequate police response must take victim heterogeneity into account, both at national and local levels. Finally, better understandings of vulnerability (both theoretically informed and empirically tested) are necessary, on which to build an adequate victim-response to these crime types.

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用数字词回应受害：威尔士报道的欺诈和计算机滥用案例研究

本文介绍了一项在英国威尔士探索计算机滥用和欺诈受害者的研究的早期结果。此处显示的结果描述了当地部队可获得的数据质量，报告事件的受害者的特征和异质性以及当地警察的反应性质。这些结果的意义在围绕计算机滥用和欺诈的强制执行和受害策略环境中得到了考虑。有人认为，虽然“行动欺诈”数据提供了有关受害者需求的丰富数据来源，但数据收集和处理方面的特定改进可以帮助当地部队提供（或促进）针对受害者的应对措施。除此之外，结果还强调了警方的适当回应必须考虑到受害者的异质性，在国家和地方一级。最后，有必要对脆弱性有更好的了解（从理论上和经验上进行检验），以建立对这些犯罪类型的适当受害者响应。