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B. Westlake

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B. Westlake — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 13
Works: 50
Citations: 543

Most-cited papers

Self-presentation style in job interviews: the role of personality and culture
D. Paulhus, B. Westlake, S. Calvez, P. Harms
2013138 citations
Semantic Scholar
Finding the Key Players in Online Child Exploitation Networks
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard, Richard Frank
201150 citations
Semantic Scholar
Liking and hyperlinking: Community detection in online child sexual exploitation networks.
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
2016Social Science Research48 citations
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Comparing Methods for Detecting Child Exploitation Content Online
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard, Richard Frank
2012European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference31 citations
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Assessing the Validity of Automated Webcrawlers as Data Collection Tools to Investigate Online Child Sexual Exploitation
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard, Richard Frank
2017Sexual abuse. A Journal of Research and Treatment29 citations
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The structure and content of online child exploitation networks
Richard Frank, B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
2010ISI-KDD '1027 citations
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Criminal Careers in Cyberspace: Examining Website Failure within Child Exploitation Networks
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
201625 citations Open access
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Strategies to Disrupt Online Child Pornography Networks
Kila Joffres, M. Bouchard, Richard Frank, B. Westlake
2011European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference25 citations
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Detecting child sexual abuse images: Traits of child sexual exploitation hosting and displaying websites.
Enrique Guerra, B. Westlake
2021International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect23 citations Open access
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The Ethics of Web Crawling and Web Scraping in Cybercrime Research: Navigating Issues of Consent, Privacy, and Other Potential Harms Associated with Automated Data Collection
Russell Brewer, B. Westlake, Tahlia Hart, Omar Arauza
2021Researching Cybercrimes20 citations
Semantic Scholar
Determination of Vehicle Speed from Recorded Video Using Reverse Projection Photogrammetry and File Metadata
Brandon Epstein, B. Westlake
2019Journal of Forensic Sciences16 citations
Semantic Scholar
An International Survey of BDSM Practitioner Demographics: The Evolution of Purpose for, Participation in, and Engagement with, Kink Activities
B. Westlake, Isabella Mahan
2023Journal of Sex Research14 citations
Semantic Scholar
The Past, Present, and Future of Online Child Sexual Exploitation: Summarizing the Evolution of Production, Distribution, and Detection
B. Westlake
2019The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance13 citations
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How Obvious Is It? The Content of Child Sexual Exploitation Websites
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard, Ashleigh Girodat
201713 citations
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Establishing a framework for the ethical and legal use of web scrapers by cybercrime and cybersecurity researchers: learnings from a systematic review of Australian research
Katie Logos, Russell Brewer, C. Langos, B. Westlake
2023International Journal of Law and Information Technology12 citations Open access
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Developing automated methods to detect and match face and voice biometrics in child sexual abuse videos
B. Westlake, Russell Brewer
202212 citations Open access
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A double-edged sword: the role of pornography in learning about BDSM
B. Westlake, Jennifer Kusz, Erin Afana
2023Sex Education : Sexuality, Society and Learning9 citations
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Delineating victims from perpetrators: Prosecuting self-produced child pornography in Youth Criminal Justice Systems
B. Westlake
20188 citations
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Using file and folder naming and structuring to improve automated detection of child sexual abuse images on the Dark Web
B. Westlake, Enrique Guerra
2023Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation5 citations Open access
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Seeing the forest through the trees: Identifying key players in online child sexual exploitation distribution networks
B. Westlake, Richard Frank
20075 citations
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Investigating Academic Dishonesty with Concrete Measures
Katherine S. L. Lau, Craig Nathanson, Kevin M. Williams, B. Westlake +1 more
20055 citations
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Advancing child sexual abuse investigations using biometrics and social network analysis
Russell Brewer, B. Westlake, Thomas Swearingen, Stephen Patterson +4 more
20234 citations Open access
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Gun Violence News Information Retrieval using BERT as Sequence Tagging Task
Hung-Yeh Lin, T. Moh, B. Westlake
20212021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)3 citations
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Holes in kinky education: the role of pornography in learning about BDSM sexualities
I. Olson, B. Westlake
2025Sex Education : Sexuality, Society and Learning2 citations
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BDSM Safety in Pornography: Its Perceived Accuracy and Impact on Practitioners’ Safe Word Practices
B. Westlake
2024Archives of Sexual Behavior2 citations
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Examining how children experience, interpret, and respond to incidents of online grooming and solicitation: Results from an Australian study.
Katie Logos, Russell Brewer, Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar, Edward Palmer +4 more
2026International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect1 citations Open access
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Pain for pain: the benefits and challenges of BDSM participation for people with chronic pain – An exploratory study
Reni Forer, B. Westlake
2025Psychology & Sexuality1 citations Open access
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Innovations from the launch of the child sexual abuse reduction research network.
B. Westlake, Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar, Russell Brewer, Sarah Napier +2 more
2024International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect1 citations
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Only as a last resort: perceptions of police among gender, sexual and relationally diverse (GSRD) BDSM/kink participants
Stephen E. Ratcliff, B. Westlake, A. O'Neill
2024Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy1 citations
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The criminal career evolution of child exploitation websites: identification, survival, and community
B. Westlake
20151 citations
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Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
N. October, B. Westlake, Russell Brewer, Kellie Toole +5 more
1 citations
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Benefits and risks of implementing cloud-based technology for child sexual abuse investigations in Australia
B. Westlake, Russell Brewer, Kellie Toole, Tom Daly +4 more
20240 citations
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Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
B. Westlake, Russell Brewer, Thomas Swearingen, Arun Ross +7 more
20220 citations
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Self-produced child pornography: When the victims are the perpetrators
B. Westlake
20180 citations
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Propagandized Definitions: Understanding the Effect Media Definitions have on Public Perceptions Regarding Law Enforcement Actions
B. Westlake, C. Popovich
20170 citations
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Community detection in online criminal networks and its implications for research co-offending
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
20170 citations
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‘Aesthetically pleasing?’: The portrayal of botched lethal injections in the American media
A. Soliman, B. Westlake
20160 citations
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Network Capital: Identifying key players within criminal networks through weighted measures of connectivity and resource-sharing
B. Westlake
20160 citations
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Roundtable: Understanding the State of Research on Organized Cybercrime
B. Westlake
20160 citations
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Seeing the forest through the tree: Identifying the key players in the online distribution of child sexual exploitation material
B. Westlake, Richard Frank
20160 citations
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Liking and hyperlinking: The community structure of child sexual exploitation distribution websites
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
20160 citations
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Operation Child Pornography: How Organized is the Distribution of Child Sexual Exploitation Material?
B. Westlake
20160 citations
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Author Meets Critic: ‘Cybercrime in Progress: Theory and Prevention of Technology-Enabled Offenses’
B. Westlake
20160 citations
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How obvious is it: Do child sexual exploitation websites hide their intent?
Ashleigh Girodat, B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
20160 citations
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Short Term Fixes to Long Term Problems: An analysis of California's Realignment Plan for Prison Overcrowding
M. Reynoso, B. Westlake
20160 citations
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Monitoring the evolution of child exploitation networks
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
20140 citations
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Co-Offending in the Context of Online Child Exploitation Networks
B. Westlake, M. Bouchard
20120 citations
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Analyzing online child exploitation networks: an examination of severity and connectivity
B. Westlake
20110 citations
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Comparing Multiple-Choice , Essay and Over-Claiming Formats as Efficient Measures of Knowledge
Kevin M. Williams, B. Westlake, D. Paulhus
20050 citations
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Delineating victims from perpetrators: Prosecuting self-produced Delineating victims from perpetrators: Prosecuting self-produced child pornography in Youth Criminal Justice Systems child pornography in Youth Criminal Justice Systems
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