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Research Member
Professor David Bright
Deakin University
Contact
david.bright@deakin.edu.auInstitution
Deakin University
Research Areas
TerrorismOrganised crimeIllicit networksSocial network analysis.
Professor David Bright is a criminologist and forensic psychologist. His research interests include criminal networks, organised crime, illicit firearms, and terrorism. He is an internationally recognised expert in the use of social network analysis and related approaches to study organised criminal groups and terrorist groups. Professor Bright has been Chief Investigator on six consecutive ARC funded projects in addition to receiving funding from other industry and government sources. His recently published book (co-authored with Professor Chad Whelan), Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective, examines organised crime and law enforcement through the conceptual lens of networks.
Key Publications
Books
| Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective (2021) | Bright DA and Whelan C |
Book Chapters
| Transnational organised crime: A network perspective (in press)in Routledge Handbook of Organised Crime, Allum F and Gilmour S (eds) | Bright DA and Levia A |
| Exploring the relational properties of networked intelligence systems (2020)in Policing Transnational Crime: Law Enforcement of Criminal Flows, Hufnagel S and Moiseienko A (eds.) | Whelan C and Bright DA |
Journal Articles
| Using social network analysis to study crime: Navigating the challenges of criminal justice records (2021) | Bright DA, Brewer R and Morselli C |
| The organisational structure, social networks and criminal activities of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (2021) | Bright DA and Deegan S |
| Taking Crime Guns Seriously: A Socio-material Perspective (2020) | Goldsmith A, Halsey M and Bright DA |
| On the durability of terrorist networks: Revealing the hidden connections between Australian Jihadist cells (2020) | Bright DA, Whelan C and Harris-Hogan S |
| Exploring the hidden social networks of ‘lone actor’ terrorists (2020) | Bright DA, Whelan C and Harris-Hogan S |
| Understanding the structure and composition of co-offending networks in Australia (2020) | Bright DA, Whelan C and Morselli C |
Grants and Projects
| ‘International review of terrorist recidivism’AVERT/AFP, 2021 | $14,000 | Whelan C and Bright DA |
| ‘Exploring the social networks and organisational dynamics of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs’Australian Institute of Criminology, 2019-2020 . | $47,080 | Bright DA |
| ‘Pathways to radicalisation: Using Social Network Analysis to detect harmful and protective influences within social networks’Victorian State Government, 2019-2020 | $77,000 | Koskinen J, Bright DA and Whelan C |
| ‘Developing automated audio and facial recognition biometrics tools for detecting child exploitation material’Australian Institute of Criminology, 2019-2020 | $119,000 | Westlake B, Brewer R, Ross A and Bright DA |
| ‘Reducing Aboriginal imprisonment: An offence-specific study’ARC Discovery DP180101706, 2018-2021 | $378,756 | Halsey M and Bright DA |