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Publications by ICCRC Members

Academic Publications:

  • Louden, R., Frank, R. “Disinformation and democratic threats: Insights from the 2019 Canadian federal election”, Journal of Social Media Research, Vol 2 No 2   https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.1
  • Litterer, S., Scivens, R.,  Wojciechowski, T., Frank, R. “Exploring the Evolution of Posting Behavior and Language Use in a Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremist Forum”,  Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
  • Warkentin, N., Zhang, C., Frank, R. “: The Business of Ransomware and its Effects on Business”, Journal: Journal of Cyber Security Technology, upcoming 2025   https://doi.org/10.1080/23742917.2025.2454620
  • Champion, A.; Ryu, H.; Oswald, F.; Miin Miin Chai, A.; Corrado, R.; Frank, R.; Davies, G. “A ‘Pandemic within a Pandemic’: Metro Vancouver Women’s Experience with Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic", Journal of Family Violence, Nov 2024
  • Scrivens, R., Wojciechowski, T.W., Gaudette, T., Frank, R. “Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists”, Terrorism and Political Violence, Nov 2024     https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09546553.2024.2416153
  • Scrivens, R., Freilich, J.D., Chermak, S.M., Frank, R. “Data Collection in Online Terrorism and Extremism Research: Strengths, Limitations, and Future Directions”, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, June 2024
  • Warkentin, N., Decary-Hetu, D., Frank, R. “Communities of Inquiry for Offenders: Learning Malware Development on Asynchronous Platforms”, Deviant Behavior, July 2024
  • Szigeti, A., Frank, R., Kiss, T. “Contribution to the harm assessment of darknet markets: topic modelling drug reviews on Dark0de Reborn”, Crime Science, 13, Article number: 13 (2024)
  • Louden, R., Frank, R. “Information Trolls and Democracy: A Qualitative Examination of Disinformation Campaigns in Canada”, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, Jan 2024
  • Scrivens, R., Chermak, S., Freilich, J., Frank, R. “Testing a Probabilistic Model of Desistance from Online Posting in a Right-Wing Extremist Forum: Distinguishing between Violent and Non-Violent Users” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Jan 7 2024
  • Movahedi, F., Frank, R. “Identifying key players in a network of child exploitation websites using Principal Component Analysis”, Computer Science Journal of Moldova", V.31 N.2(92), 2023
  • Liu, S., Frank, R., Warkentin, N. “Drugs for Sale! An Analysis and Estimation of Drug Products on the Cryptomarket Ecosystem”, 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-56)
  • Szigeti, A., Frank, R., Kiss, T. “Trust Factors in the Social Figuration of Online Drug Trafficking: A Qualitative Content Analysis on a Darknet Market”, Special Issue of the Dark Web with the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, March 2023
  • Scrivens, R., Davies, G., Gaudette, T., Frank, R. “Comparing Online Posting Typologies among Violent and Nonviolent Right-Wing Extremists”, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, July 2022
  • Helm, B., Scrivens, R., Holt, T.J., Chermak, S.M., Frank, R. “Examining Incel Subculture on Reddit”, Journal of Crime and Justice, 2022
  • Zhang, C., Frank, R., Warkentin, N., Zakimi, N.: “Accessible from the Open Web: A Qualitative Analysis of the Available Open-source Information Involving Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure”, Journal of Cybersecurity, 2022
  • Cartwright, B., Weir, G., Frank, R., Padda, K.: “Detecting and Responding to Hostile Disinformation Activities on Social Media using Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks”, Neural Computing and Applications, 2022
  • Scrivens, R., Wojciechowski, T., Freilich, J.,; Chermak, S., Frank, R., “Differentiating Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists”, Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2022
  • Westlake, B., Brewer, R., Swearingen, T., Ross, A., Patterson, S., Michalski, D., Hole, M., Logos, K., Frank, R., Bright, D., Afana, E., “Developing automated methods to detect and match face and voice biometrics in child sexual abuse videos.” Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 648. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. 2022 https://doi.org/10.52922/ti78566
  • Hodgkinson, T., Andresen, M.A., Frank, R., & Pringle, D. (2022). “Crime down in the Paris of the prairies: Spatial effects of COVID-19 and crime during lockdown in Saskatoon, Canada.” Journal of Criminal Justice, in press.
  • Cartwright, B. and Weir, G. R. S., and Lau, L. (Eds). (2016). Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybercrime and Computer Forensics, Vancouver, Canada, June 2016. IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
  • Bouchard, M., Joffres, K., & Frank, R. (2014). Preliminary Analytical Considerations in Designing a Terrorism and Extremism Online Network Extractor. Computational Models of Complex Systems, Intelligent Systems Reference Library, 53,171-184
  • Westlake, B., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2012). Comparing Methods for Detecting Child Exploitation Content Online. In Proceedings of the 2012 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC).
  • Westlake, B., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2011). Finding the Key Players in Online Child Exploitation Networks. Policy & Internet, 3, 1-32.
  • Basamanowicz, J., & Bouchard, M. (2011). Overcoming the Warez Paradox: Situational Crime Prevention and Warez Scene Piracy. Policy & Internet, 3, 1-25.
  • Joffres, K., Bouchard, M., Frank, R. & Westlake, B. (2011) Strategies to Disrupt Online Child Pornography Networks. In Proceedings of the 2011 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC).
    *This presentation has received the Honorable Mention Award.
  • Frank, R., Westlake, B., & Bouchard, M. (2010). The Structure and Content of Online Child Exploitation Networks. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics (KDD).

Other Publications:

Presentations:

 

  • Barry Cartwright (with Richard Frank). Keynote Speaker. May 2020. Cyber-Attacks on Canadian Businesses: The Sum of All Fears, or Much Ado 91ܽ Nothing? Meeting of the Canadian Mortgage Brokers’ Association.  
  • Barry Cartwright. August 2019. Keynote speaker, International Perspectives on Cybercrime Symposium, University, of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Title of speech: “Disinformation Warfare and the Weaponization of Social Media.”
  • Barry Cartwright. May 2019. Title of presentation: Fake News and the Weaponization of Cloud-based Social Media: Prospects for Legislation and Regulation. Tenth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDS, and Virtualization, Venice, Italy.
  • Barry Cartwright. May 2019. Title of presentation: Fighting disinformation warfare with artificial intelligence: Identifying and combating disinformation attacks. Tenth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDS, and Virtualization, Venice, Italy.
  • Barry Cartwright. August 2017. Keynote speaker, International Perspectives on Cybercrime Symposium, University, of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Title of speech: “Cyber Terrorism and Cyber Warfare: A Clear and Present Danger, the Sum of All Fears, or Much To Do 91ܽ Nothing?”
  • Barry Cartwright. May 2017. Keynote speaker, Third Annual Symposium on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, B.C. Title of speech: “Cyberbullying and ‘The Law of the Horse’: A Canadian Perspective.”
  • Barry Cartwright. June 2016. Cyberbullying and cyber law: A Canadian perspective. International Conference on Cybercrime and Computer Forensics, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Barry Cartwright. June 2014. Keynote speaker, conference on “Cybercrime, Security and Digital Forensics,” University, of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Title of speech: “The Battle-Line between ‘Cyber Libertarians’ and ‘Cyber Cops’: The Changing Face of Canadian Cyber Law.”
  • Barry Cartwright. August 2013. International Conference on CyberCrime and Computer Forensics, Hong Kong. Title of presentation: “Ethical, Legal and Methodological Considerations in Cyber Research: Conducting a Cyberethnography of www.bullying.org.”
  • Barry Cartwright. October, 2011. Keynote Speaker, Tri-City Joint Family Court & Youth Justice Committee learning series, at Coquitlam Campus of Douglas College. Title of speech: “Cyber-bullying: Not Just a School Problem.”
  • Barry Cartwright. February, 2011. Western Society of Criminology conference, Vancouver, British Columbia. Title of presentation: “Conducting Cyber-Research on Bullying: A Qualitative, Textual Analysis of www.bullying.org.”
  • Barry Cartwright. February 2007. Western Society of Criminology conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. Title of presentation: “Internet Research and Canadian Copyright Law: Privacy, Publicity, Private Property and Power.”
  • Cartwright, B. E. (2011, February). Conducting Cyber-Research on Bullying: A Qualitative, Textual Analysis of www.bullying.org. Presented at the 2011 Western Society of Criminology Conference.
  • Frank, R., & Westlake, B. (2011, May). Determining Key Players in Online Child Exploitation Networks. Presented at SFU Surrey Open House, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (Criminology).
  • Frank, R., Westlake, B., & Bouchard, M. (2011, February). Extracting Dark Cyber Networks. Presented at the 2011 Western Society of Criminology Conference.