Conference Presentations

  • Westlake, B., Brewer, R., Logos, K., & Lagos, C. (2023, December 6). A framework for the ethical and legal use of web scrapers by cybercrime researchers [Oral]. Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Westlake, B., Brewer, R., Swearingen, A., & Ross, A. (2023, December 4). Developing automated methods to detect and match face and voice biometrics in child sexual abuse material [Oral]. 1st Annual Child Sexual Abuse Reduction Research Network Workshop, Adelaide, Australia. https://www.csaresearch.org/december4
  • Brewer, R., Westlake, B., Swearingen, A., & Ross, A. (2023, December 4). Understanding child sexual abuse offending and victimisation patterns through the extraction and analysis of biometrics [Oral]. 1st Annual Child Sexual Abuse Reduction Research Network Workshop, Adelaide, Australia. https://www.csaresearch.org/december4
  • Brewer, R., Westlake, B., Swearingen, T., Logos, K., & Ross, A. (2023, September 11). Identifying offending and victimisation patterns in child sexual abuse investigations using face and voice biometrics [Oral]. 2023 Human Factors in Cybercrime, Halle, Germany. https://www.hfc-conference.com/day-two
  • Westlake, B., & Mahan, I. (2022, November). Surveying the motivations, benefits, and experiences of those who engage in BDSM/kink. CARAS Conference: Leather-Kink Research and Clinical Knowledge (C2C) – West, Los Angeles, CA
  • Brewer, R., Westlake, B., Swearingen, T., Ross, A., Michalski, D., Logos, K., Frank, R., & Bright, D. (2022, September). Developing automated methods to investigate child sexual abuse using face and voice biometrics. Eurocrim 2022, Malaga, Spain
  • Enrique, G. & Westlake, B. G. (2021, November). Child sexual abuse material on the Dark Web: An analysis of TOR website structure. American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Francesca, F. & Westlake, B. G. (2021, November). Promotion of extremist ideologies in online incel communities. American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Guerra, E., & Westlake, B. G. (2020, September). Detecting child sexual abuse material: Traits of hosting and displaying websites. American Society of Criminology – Cybercrime Division Virtual Conference, Virtual.
  • Westlake, B. G. (2018, November). Self-produced child pornography: When the victims are the perpetrators. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Westlake, B. G. (2018, February). Delineating victims from perpetrators: Prosecuting self-produced child pornography in Youth Criminal Justice Systems. Western Society of Criminology Conference, Long Beach, CA.
  • Reynoso, M., & Westlake, B. G. (2016, November). Short Term Fixes to Long Term Problems: An analysis of California’s Realignment Plan for Prison Overcrowding. American Society of Criminology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Soliman, A., & Westlake, B. G. (2016, November). ‘Aesthetically pleasing?’: The portrayal of botched lethal injections in the American media. American Society of Criminology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Westlake, B. G. (2016, November). Network Capital: Identifying key players within criminal networks through weighted measures of connectivity and resource-sharing. American Society of Criminology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Westlake, B. G., & Frank, R. (2016, June). Seeing the forest through the tree: Identifying the key players in the online distribution of child sexual exploitation material. 4th Annual International Conference on Cybercrime and Computer Forensics, Vancouver, BC.
  • Girodat, A., Westlake, B. G., & Bouchard, M. (2016, February). How obvious is it: Do child sexual exploitation websites hide their intent? Western Society of Criminology Conference, Vancouver, BC
  • Soliman, A., & Westlake, B. G. (2016, February). Three-drug cocktail: The media representation of botched lethal injections in the United States. Western Society of Criminology Conference, Vancouver, BC.
  • Westlake, B. G., & Bouchard, M. (2016, February). Liking and hyperlinking: The community structure of child sexual exploitation distribution websites. Western Society of Criminology Conference, Vancouver, BC.