Policy Papers

  • Brewer, R., Langos, C., Lagos, K., Westlake, B., & Spence, C. (2022, September). Examining the ethical and legal dimensions of using automated data collection technologies to combat cyber threats in Australia. Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre. Joondalup, Western Australia
  • Westlake, B. (2022, April). The current and emerging landscape of child pornography on the internet: An overview guide for US Prosecutors in a courtroom setting. Zero Abuse Project. St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Westlake, B. G., & Soliman, A. (2018, December). San Benito County Sheriff’s Office Strengthening Families Program evaluation. San Benito County Sheriff’s Office. Hollister, California.

Invited Colloquia

  • Westlake, B. G. (2022, November). What research on leather and kink is needed today? Invited panelist at CARAS Conference: Leather-Kink Research and Clinical Knowledge (C2C) – West, Los Angeles, California.
  • Westlake, B. G., & Brewer, R. (2022, July). Advancing child sexual abuse investigations using biometrics and social network analysis. Invited presentation given at APAC Financial Coalition Against Child Sexual Exploitation, Virtual.
  • Westlake, B. G., & Brewer, R. (2022, May). Facial and voice recognition tool to identify victims and perpetrators in CSAM. Invited presentation given at 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (United Nations), Vienna Austria.  
  • Brewer, R., & Westlake, B. G. (2022, February). Developing tools to detect and combat sexual abuse. Invited presentation given at The Stretton Institute Webinar & Australian Institute of Criminology, Adelaide, Australia.
  • Brewer, R., & Westlake, B. G. (2021, June). Using automated audio and facial recognition biometrics tools for detecting child sexual abuse material. Invited presentation given at APAC Financial Coalition Against Child Sexual Exploitation, Virtual.
  • Brewer, R., Westlake, B. G, Fanucchi, F., & Guerra, E. (2021, May). Using automated methods to detect, analyse, and investigate cybercrime. Invited presentation given at 2021 Cybersecurity Revolution, Virtual.
  • Westlake, B. G., & Alder, L. (2019, April). Could Sex in VR be Exploitative? What is the potential for queering virtual bodies? Invited presentation given at the CFP: Gender, Bodies, & Technology 5th Transdisciplinary Conference, for Playing with Our Selves: Examining Life through Virtual Media Part II, Roanoke, VA.
  • Westlake, B. G. (2016, November). Operation Child Pornography: How Organized is the Distribution of Child Sexual Exploitation Material? Invited presentation given at the American Society of Criminology Conference, for the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, New Orleans, LA.
  • Westlake, B. G. (2016, November). Roundtable: Understanding the State of Research on Organized Cybercrime? Invited discussant at the American Society of Criminology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Westlake, B. G. (2016, November). Author Meets Critic: ‘Cybercrime in Progress: Theory and Prevention of Technology-Enabled Offenses’, A. Bossler & T. Holt (Eds.). American Society of Criminology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Westlake, B. G., & Bouchard, M. (2014, March). Monitoring the evolution of child exploitation networks. Invited presentation given at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Cybercrime, East Lansing, MI.