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An analysis of inclusion gaps in sustainable development themes: Findings from a review of recent social work literature (2018)
Journal Article
Bexell, S. M., Decker Sparks, J. L., Tejada, J., & Rechkemmer, A. (2019). An analysis of inclusion gaps in sustainable development themes: Findings from a review of recent social work literature. International Social Work, 62(2), 864-876. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872818755860

Recently, humans have negatively altered ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any other time in human history, contributing to gains in well-being and economic development for some, while threatening the security of most, particularly oppr... Read More about An analysis of inclusion gaps in sustainable development themes: Findings from a review of recent social work literature.

Combatting Cybercrime and Sexual Exploitation of Children: An Open Source Toolkit (2017)
Book Chapter
Papalexandratos, G., Charalambous, E., Koutras, N., Kavallieros, D., Leventakis, G., & Brewster, B. (2017). Combatting Cybercrime and Sexual Exploitation of Children: An Open Source Toolkit. In Open Source Intelligence Investigation: From Strategy to Implementation (233-249). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47671-1_15

This chapter presents the UINFC2 “Engaging Users in preventing and fighting Cybercrime” software platform, showcasing how software tools designed to detect, collect, analyse, categorise and correlate information that is publically available online, c... Read More about Combatting Cybercrime and Sexual Exploitation of Children: An Open Source Toolkit.

Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery (2016)
Book Chapter
Bales, K. (2016). Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery. In D. Siegel, & R. D. Wildt (Eds.), Ethical concerns in research on human trafficking (173-190). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21521-1_11

This chapter examines the ethical and moral dilemmas present in conducting research within vulnerable populations. In particular, we explore the process of conducting interviews with trafficking victims that identify as transient minor sex workers. I... Read More about Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery.

A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration (2016)
Journal Article
Rechkemmer, A., O'Connor, A., Rai, A., Decker Sparks, J. L., Mudliar, P., & Shultz, J. M. (2016). A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration. Disaster Health, 3(4), 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/21665044.2016.1263519

In the 21st century, global issues are increasingly characterized by inter-connectedness and complexity. Global environmental change, and climate change in particular, has become a powerful driver and catalyst of forced migration and internal displac... Read More about A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration.

Organised Crime and Social Media: Detecting and Corroborating Weak Signals of Human Trafficking Online (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andrews, S., Brewster, B., & Day, T. (2016). Organised Crime and Social Media: Detecting and Corroborating Weak Signals of Human Trafficking Online. In Graph-Based Representation and Reasoning: 22nd International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2016, Annecy, France, July 5-7, 2016, Proceedings (137-150). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40985-6_11

This paper describes an approach for detecting the presence or emergence of Organised Crime (OC) signals on Social Media. It shows how words and phrases, used by members of the public in Social Media, can be treated as weak signals of OC, enabling in... Read More about Organised Crime and Social Media: Detecting and Corroborating Weak Signals of Human Trafficking Online.

Challenges Priorities and Policies: Mapping the Research Requirements of Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism Stakeholders (2016)
Book Chapter
Akhgar, B., Wells, D., & Brewster, B. (2016). Challenges Priorities and Policies: Mapping the Research Requirements of Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism Stakeholders. In Combatting Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism: Challenges, Trends and Priorities (39-51). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38930-1_3

The following chapter provides an in depth look at a broad selection challenges related to Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism, as identified through prolonged engagement with a multitude of horizontal and vertical cyber-security stakeholders. Out of six c... Read More about Challenges Priorities and Policies: Mapping the Research Requirements of Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism Stakeholders.

Consolidated Taxonomy and Research Roadmap for Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism (2016)
Book Chapter
Akhgar, B., Choraś, M., Brewster, B., Bosco, F., Vermeersch, E., Luda, V., …Wells, D. (2016). Consolidated Taxonomy and Research Roadmap for Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism. In B. Akhgar, & B. Brewster (Eds.), Combatting Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism: Challenges, Trends and Priorities (295-321). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38930-1_16

In this concluding chapter, we consolidate the broad spectrum of challenges discussed throughout this book towards the formulation of a number key priority topics to be addressed by future research related to cybercrime and cyberterrorism. During thi... Read More about Consolidated Taxonomy and Research Roadmap for Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism.

The After-Image: Frederick Douglass in Visual Culture (2016)
Book Chapter
Trodd, Z. (2016). The After-Image: Frederick Douglass in Visual Culture. In C. Bernier, & H. Durkin (Eds.), Visualising Slavery: Art Across the Black Diaspora, 129-152. Liverpool University Press

By the time of his death in 1895, Frederick Douglass had sat for approximately 160 different photographs. This makes him the most photographed American of the nineteenth century, rather than Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman or General Custer (all previo... Read More about The After-Image: Frederick Douglass in Visual Culture.

Cybercrime: Attack Motivations and Implications for Big Data and National Security (2015)
Book Chapter
Brewster, B., Kemp, B., Galehbakhtiari, S., & Akhgar, B. (2015). Cybercrime: Attack Motivations and Implications for Big Data and National Security. In Application of Big Data for National Security: A Practitioner's Guide to Emerging Technologies (108-127). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801967-2.00008-2

Organizations are increasingly turning to the immeasurable quantities of data available through open-source mediums such as the web and social media to enhance their analytical capability and ultimately improve the quality and quantity of the informa... Read More about Cybercrime: Attack Motivations and Implications for Big Data and National Security.

Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American (2015)
Book
Stauffer, J., Trodd, Z., & Bernier, C. (2015). Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American. Liveright Publishing Corporation

Commemorating the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birthday and featuring images discovered since its original publication in 2015, this “tour de force” (Library Journal, starred review) reintroduced Frederick Douglass to a twenty-first-century a... Read More about Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American.

John Brown's spirit: the abolitionist aesthetic of emancipatory martyrdom in early antilynching protest literature (2015)
Journal Article
Trodd, Z. (2015). John Brown's spirit: the abolitionist aesthetic of emancipatory martyrdom in early antilynching protest literature. Journal of American Studies, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875815000055

Before his execution in 1859, the radical abolitionist John Brown wrote a series of prison letters that – along with his death itself – helped to cement the abolitionist aesthetic of emancipatory martyrdom. This article charts the adaptation of that... Read More about John Brown's spirit: the abolitionist aesthetic of emancipatory martyrdom in early antilynching protest literature.

Slavery as a Social Institution (2015)
Book Chapter
Bales, K. (2015). Slavery as a Social Institution. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 43-48. (2nd). Elsevier