Prof David Bright

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Professor of Criminology

Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Education

Department

School of Hum & Social Science

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

david.bright@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 68330

Publications

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2024

Assessing variation in co-offending networks

David Bright, Chad Whelan, Marie Ouellet

(2024), pp. 101-121, The Criminology of Carlo Morselli - Part I, Abingdon, Eng., B1

book chapter
2023

Multilevel network interventions: Goals, actions, and outcomes

G Robins, D Lusher, C Broccatelli, D Bright, C Gallagher, M Karkavandi, P Matous, J Coutinho, P Wang, J Koskinen, B Roden, G Sadewo

(2023), Vol. 72, pp. 108-120, Social Networks, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Advancing child sexual abuse investigations using biometrics and social network analysis

Russell Brewer, Bryce Westlake, Thomas Swearingen, Stephen Patterson, David Bright, Arun Ross, Katie Logos, Dana Michalski

(2023), pp. 1-16, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Canberra, A.C.T., C1-1

journal article

Investigating the Dynamics of Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Co-Offending Networks: The Utility of Relational Hyper Event Models

D Bright, G Sadewo, J Lerner, T Cubitt, C Dowling, A Morgan

(2023), pp. 1-43, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Investigating the methods and characteristics of the trafficking of performance and image enhancing drugs in Australia

M Dunn, D Bright, P Fletcher

(2023), pp. 1-5, Drug and Alcohol Review, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2022

Transnational criminal networks

David Bright, Adrian Leiva

(2022), pp. 35-85, Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Taking crime guns seriously: A socio-material perspective

A Goldsmith, M Halsey, D Bright

(2022), Vol. 22, pp. 462-479, Criminology and Criminal Justice, C1

journal article

Assessing variation in co-offending networks

D Bright, C Whelan, M Ouellet

(2022), Vol. 23, pp. 1-21, Global Crime, London, England, C1

journal article

Developing automated methods to detect and match face and voice biometrics in child sexual abuse videos

Bryce Westlake, Russell Brewer, Thomas Swearingen, Arun Ross, Stephen Patterson, Dana Michalski, Martyn Hole, Katie Logos, Richard Frank, David Bright, Erin Afana

(2022), pp. 1-15, TRENDS AND ISSUES IN CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, C1

journal article

"I Know a Guy and He's Got Guns Galore": Accessing Crime Guns in the Australian Illicit Firearms Market

D Bright, M Halsey, A Goldsmith, S Goudie

(2022), pp. 1-19, Deviant Behavior, London, Eng., C1

journal article

An Empirical Comparison of the Profiles of Security Threat Group Offenders with General Offenders

C Leuprecht, D B. Skillicorn, D Bright

(2022), pp. 1-23, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Co-offending networks among members of outlaw motorcycle gangs across types of crime

D Bright, G Sadewo, T Cubitt, C Dowling, A Morgan

(2022), Trends in Organized Crime, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article
2021

Using social network analysis to study crime: Navigating the challenges of criminal justice records

D Bright, R Brewer, C Morselli

(2021), Vol. 66, pp. 50-64, Social Networks, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

The organisational structure, social networks and criminal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs: Literature review

D Bright, S Deegan

(2021), pp. 1-16, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Canberra, A.C.T., C1

journal article
2020

Organised crime and law enforcement: a network perspective

David Bright, Chad Whelan

(2020), [Abingdon, Eng.], A1

book

Exploring the relational properties of networked intelligence systems

Chad Whelan, David Bright

(2020), pp. 166-182, Policing transnational crime : law enforcement of criminal flows, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

On the Durability of Terrorist Networks: Revealing the Hidden Connections between Jihadist Cells

D Bright, C Whelan, S Harris-Hogan

(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 638-656, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, C1

journal article

Exploring the hidden social networks of 'lone actor' terrorists

D Bright, C Whelan, S Harris-Hogan

(2020), Vol. 74, pp. 491-508, Crime, Law and Social Change, C1

journal article

Understanding the structure and composition of co offending networks in Australia

D Bright, C Whelan, C Morselli

(2020), pp. 1-21, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, C1

journal article

Structural and functional changes in an Australian high-level drug trafficking network after exposure to supply changes

M O'Reilly, C Hughes, D Bright, A Ritter

(2020), Vol. 84, International Journal of Drug Policy, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Multilevel determinants of collaboration between organised criminal groups

J Coutinho, T Diviák, D Bright, J Koskinen

(2020), Vol. 63, pp. 56-69, Social Networks, C1

journal article

Themes in sentencing young adults charged with serious violent crime involving alcohol and other drugs

S Lawler, E Barrett, L Stapinski, D Bright, M Teesson

(2020), Vol. 53, pp. 411-432, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, C1

journal article

Exploring interrelationships between high-level drug trafficking and other serious and organised crime: an Australian study

C Hughes, J Chalmers, D Bright

(2020), Vol. 21, pp. 28-50, Global Crime, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Understanding the structure and composition of co-offending networks in Australia

David Bright, Chad Whelan, Carlo Morselli

(2020), Canberra, A.C.T., A6

research report/technical paper
2019

Australia: organised crime, donations and political assassinations

D Bright, C van Ham

(2019), pp. 349-362, Handbook of Organised Crime and Politics, London,, Eng., B1

book chapter

Italian mafias in Australia: The dominance of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta

Felia Allum, David Bright

(2019), pp. 208-224, Italian Mafias today: Territory, business and politics, B1

book chapter

Australian prison vocational education and training and returns to custody among male and female ex-prisoners: a cross-jurisdictional study

J Cale, A Day, S Casey, D Bright, J Wodak, M Giles, E Baldry

(2019), Vol. 52, pp. 129-147, Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

On the relationship between goals, membership and network design in multi-agency "fusion" centres

D Bright, C Whelan

(2019), Vol. 42, pp. 441-454, Policing, C1

journal article

Illicit Network Dynamics: The Formation and Evolution of a Drug Trafficking Network

D Bright, J Koskinen, A Malm

(2019), Vol. 35, pp. 237-258, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article
2018

'It's just business': Leaders' strategies for risk management in criminal networks

Siobhan Lawler, David Bright

(2018), pp. 55-74, Criminal Networks and Law Enforcement: Global/International Perspectives on Illicit Enterprise, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Measuring offenders' belief in the possibility of desistance

K O’sullivan, R Williams, X Hong, D Bright, R Kemp

(2018), Vol. 62, pp. 1317-1330, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

The source and diversion of pharmaceutical drugs for non-medical use: A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Hulme, D Bright, S Nielsen

(2018), Vol. 186, pp. 242-256, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

A Future Beyond the Wall: Improving Post-release Employment Outcomes for People Leaving Prison: Final Report

Eileen Baldry, David Bright, Jesse Cale, Andrew Day, Leanne Dowse, Margaret Giles, Lesley Hardcastle, Joseph Graffam, Jane McGillivray, Danielle Newton, Simone Rowe, Jo Wodak

(2018), Sydney, N.S.W., A6

research report/technical paper
2017

Using social network analysis to design crime prevention strategies: A case study of methamphetamine manufacture and trafficking

D Bright

(2017), pp. 143-164, Crime prevention in the 21st century : insightful approaches for crime prevention initiatives, Berlin, Germany, B1

book chapter

Criminal network vulnerabilities and adaptations

D Bright, C Greenhill, T Britz, A Ritter, C Morselli

(2017), Vol. 18, pp. 424-441, Global Crime, London, Eng., C1

journal article

"Just doing a favor for a friend": the social supply of ecstasy through friendship networks

D Bright, R Sutherland

(2017), Vol. 47, pp. 492-504, Journal of drug issues, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Public Attitudes in Australia to the Reintegration of ex-Offenders: Testing a Belief in Redeemability (BiR) scale

K O’Sullivan, D Holderness, X Hong, D Bright, R Kemp

(2017), Vol. 23, pp. 409-424, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Social network analysis of Australian poly-drug trafficking networks: How do drug traffickers manage multiple illicit drugs?

C Hughes, D Bright, J Chalmers

(2017), Vol. 51, pp. 135-147, Social Networks, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

The belief in redeemability - version 2 (BiR-2) scale and its relation to desistance

K O’Sullivan, C Levin, D Bright, R Kemp

(2017), Vol. 3, pp. 300-312, Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Bingley, Eng., C1

journal article
2016

Poly-drug trafficking: Estimating the scale, trends and harms at the Australian border

C Hughes, J Chalmers, D Bright, M McFadden

(2016), Vol. 31, pp. 80-89, International Journal of Drug Policy, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Trafficking in multiple commodities: Exposing Australia's poly-drug and polycriminal networks

Caitlin Hughes, Jenny Chalmers, David Bright, Michael McFadden

(2016), Canberra, A.C.T., A6

research report/technical paper
2015

Disrupting and dismantling dark networks: Lessons from social network analysis and law enforcement simulations

D Bright

(2015), pp. 39-51, Illuminating Dark Networks, B1-1

book chapter

Disrupting and dismantling dark networks

D Bright

(2015), pp. 39-51, Illuminating dark networks : the study of clandestine groups and organizations, Cambridge, Eng., B1-1

book chapter

The usual suspects: Media representation of ethnicity in organised crime

A Leiva, D Bright

(2015), Vol. 18, pp. 311-325, Trends in Organized Crime, C1-1

journal article

Networks within networks: using multiple link types to examine network structure and identify key actors in a drug trafficking operation

D Bright, C Greenhill, A Ritter, C Morselli

(2015), Vol. 16, pp. 219-237, Global Crime, C1-1

journal article

Identity, self-story and desistance from crime

K O’sullivan, R Kemp, D Bright

(2015), Vol. 17, pp. 219-230, Journal of Forensic Practice, C1-1

journal article

The Use of Actor-Level Attributes and Centrality Measures to Identify Key Actors: A Case Study of an Australian Drug Trafficking Network

D Bright, C Greenhill, M Reynolds, A Ritter, C Morselli

(2015), Vol. 31, pp. 262-278, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, C1-1

journal article
2014

The role of off-licence outlets in binge drinking: A survey of drinking practices last Saturday night among young adults in Australia

R Mcketin, M Livingston, J Chalmers, D Bright

(2014), Vol. 33, pp. 51-58, Drug and Alcohol Review, Australia, C1-1

journal article

Recreational drug use and binge drinking: Stimulant but not cannabis intoxication is associated with excessive alcohol consumption

R Mcketin, J Chalmers, M Sunderland, D Bright

(2014), Vol. 33, pp. 436-445, Drug and Alcohol Review, Australia, C1-1

journal article

Typologies of alcohol consumption on a saturday night among young adults

M Sunderland, J Chalmers, R Mcketin, D Bright

(2014), Vol. 38, pp. 1745-1752, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, England, C1-1

journal article
2013

Crime and networks

Jean McGloin, Holly Nguyen, Sarah van Mastrigt, Peter Carrington, Natalia Iwanski, Richard Frank, Martin Bouchard, Richard Konarski, Andrew Papachristos, Chris Smith, Sheldon Zhang, Andrea Gimenez-Salinas Framis, David Bright, Catherine Greenhill, Natalya Levenkova, Francesco Calderoni, Remi Boivin, Benoit Dupont, David Decary-Hetu, Francis Fortin

(2013), Crime and Networks, London, Eng., A1-1

book

Dismantling criminal networks: Can node attributes play a role?

D Bright, C Greenhill, N Levenkova

(2013), pp. 148-162, Crime and Networks, B1-1

book chapter

Does Coerced Treatment of Substance-Using Offenders Lead to Improvements in Substance Use and Recidivism? A Review of the Treatment Efficacy Literature

D Bright, K Martire

(2013), Vol. 48, pp. 69-81, Australian Psychologist, C1-1

journal article

Evolution of a drug trafficking network: Mapping changes in network structure and function across time

D Bright, J Delaney

(2013), Vol. 14, pp. 238-260, Global Crime, C1

journal article
2012

How profitable is methamphetamine dealing in Australia?

W Gong, A Ritter, D Bright, C Doran

(2012), Vol. 122, pp. 208-212, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Ireland, C1-1

journal article

Examining supply changes in Australia's cocaine market

C Hughes, J Chalmers, D Bright, F Matthew-Simmons, N Sindicich

(2012), Vol. 31, pp. 263-272, Drug and Alcohol Review, Australia, C1-1

journal article

Illuminating dark networks: A social network analysis of an Australian drug trafficking syndicate

D Bright, C Hughes, J Chalmers

(2012), Vol. 57, pp. 151-176, Crime, Law and Social Change, C1-1

journal article
2011

Effectiveness of a Sex Offender Treatment Programme: A Risk Band Analysis

A Woodrow, D Bright

(2011), Vol. 55, pp. 43-55, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, United States, C1-1

journal article

Australian trends in drug user and drug dealer arrest rates: 1993 to 2006-07

D Bright, A Ritter

(2011), Vol. 18, pp. 190-201, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, C1-1

journal article

Mock juror decision making in a civil negligence trial: The impact of gruesome evidence, injury severity, and information processing route

D Bright, J Goodman-Delahunty

(2011), Vol. 18, pp. 439-459, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, C1-1

journal article

A systematic review of methamphetamine precursor regulations

R McKetin, R Sutherland, D Bright, M Norberg

(2011), Vol. 106, pp. 1911-1924, Addiction, England, C1-1

journal article
2010

Retail price as an outcome measure for the effectiveness of drug law enforcement

D Bright, A Ritter

(2010), Vol. 21, pp. 359-363, International Journal of Drug Policy, Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2008

Evolution of a treatment programme for sex offenders: Changes to the NSW custody-based intensive treatment (CUBIT)

J Ware, D Bright

(2008), Vol. 15, pp. 340-349, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, C1-1

journal article
2006

Gruesome evidence and emotion: Anger, blame, and jury decision-making

D Bright, J Goodman-Delahunty

(2006), Vol. 30, pp. 183-202, Law and Human Behavior, United States, C1-1

journal article
2004

The influence of gruesome verbal evidence on Mock Juror verdicts

D Bright, J Goodman-Delahunty

(2004), Vol. 11, pp. 154-166, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, C1-1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Reducing Aboriginal Imprisonment: An Offence-Specific Study

Prof Mark Halsey, Prof David Bright

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2022: $45,000

Revealing the hidden networks of criminal groups conducting and facilitating ransomware attacks.

Prof Chad Whelan, Prof David Bright, Dr James Martin

Aust Institute of Criminology - Criminology Research Grants

  • 2023: $13,941
  • 2022: $34,854

Using network science analytics for identifying, anticipating, and disrupting covert threats

Prof Chad Whelan, Prof David Bright, Prof Matthew Roughan, Prof Lewis Mitchell

Office of National Intelligence National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grant (NISDRG)

  • 2024: $75,558
  • 2023: $86,500

Analysing and disrupting outlaw motorcycle gangs in Australia

Prof David Bright, Prof Chad Whelan

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2024: $18,062

Other Public Sector Funding

Revealing the hidden networks of criminal groups conducting and facilitating ransomware attacks.

Prof Chad Whelan, Prof David Bright, Dr James Martin

Australian Institute of Criminology

  • 2024: $13,941

Other Funding Sources

Examining the intersections between cybercrime and organised crime

Prof Chad Whelan, Prof David Bright, Dr James Martin

CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE

  • 2023: $19,000

Analysing the structure and dynamics of ransomware criminal groups

Prof Chad Whelan, Dr James Martin, Prof David Bright

CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE

  • 2023: $19,000

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report