Chad Whelan
Biographic Data
| ID | 144090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chad Whelan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chad |
| FAMILY NAME | Whelan |
| SIGNATURE | WHELAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2910-0983 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The security–efficiency trade-off in ransomware networks
Ransomware groups pose a threat to both the economy and national security, yet little is known about their structural dynamics. This study analyses the Conti group using leaked Jabber encrypted instant messaging chat data (similar to Messenger) and Relational Event Models to examine how preferential attachment and triadic closure mechanisms shape its communication network. Findings show Conti prioritised efficiency through centralisation but miti…
Double-clicking on police subcultures
There are few areas of policing scholarship that have received sustained attention comparable to police culture. For decades, researchers have drawn on culture to interpret and explain numerous aspects of police organisational life. While many scholars acknowledge the potential for police cultures to vary, much of the police culture research adopts the police organisation as its unit of analysis and has focused on local policing rather than polic…
Untangling SNA
While research has long demonstrated the potential of social network analysis (SNA) for criminal intelligence, empirical studies have revealed a growing gap between theory and practice. This study examines the role, prospects, and challenges of using SNA in criminal intelligence, addressing two primary questions: (1) How is SNA being used in criminal intelligence units in law enforcement agencies? and (2) What do analysts perceive as the challeng…
‘The name of the game’
There is an increasing focus on disruption as a response to cybercrime in criminological and cybersecurity research. This paper seeks to extend existing literature on the police role in relation to cybercrime. The paper is based on a large, international and comparative study on the policing of cybercrime involving 90 interviews with members of law enforcement or policing agencies across three Five Eyes countries. Disruption emerged organically a…
Co-Offending Networks of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Approaches to the study of OMCGs tend to focus on offending at the individual level, with limited focus on the nature and extent of co-offending among these affiliates. This project examines the positioning of OMCG affiliates in co-offending network structures by examining changes in actor advancements in organizational ranks over time . The de-identified data includes crime/arrest incident data for affiliates of OMCGs , including their rank and …
The utility of social network analysis to examine conflict and collaboration across boundaries
The internal structure of ransomware criminal groups
The internal structure of ransomware criminal groups: an analysis of organisational units, functions, roles, and communication patterns within Conti
Assessing the geospatial dispersion of crime events in co-offending networks
Assessing the geospatial dispersion of crime events in co-offending networks
Expertise Integration in Cybercrime Policing
This study examines the internal dynamics and composition of federal police cybercrime units with a focus on civilianization. The study is based on interviews with 56 sworn and civilian (unsworn) members of two federal law enforcement organizations located in two of the Five Eyes countries. Both police organizations had a significant number of civilian employees in their cybercrime units and were in the process of actively recruiting more. The fi…
Offence versatility among co-offenders
Research examining co-offending has become increasingly popular over the last two decades. Despite this, there remains a dearth of research examining the dynamics of co-offending across time, largely due to limited access to longitudinal data. In the current paper we are interested in explaining crime versatility, and therefore we employ Relational Hyperevent Models (RHEM) to model the conditional probability that a given group of co-offenders en…
Ransomware HR
Hacking the hackers’
‘Hacking the hackers’: reflections on stateimplemented disruption as a ‘new model’ for cyber policing
Ransomware through the lens of state crime
Cybercrime and other cybersecurity harms are gaining increasing political and public attention across many countries. One of the most serious and fastest growing categories of such harms relates to ransomware attacks. Many of the groups responsible for ransomware attacks have come under political pressure in recent years as they have become more aggressive in their methods and targeting. On a geopolitical level, an area attracting increasing inte…
State Crime
Cybercrime and other cybersecurity harms are gaining increasing political and public attention across many countries. One of the most serious and fastest growing categories of such harms relates to ransomware attacks. Many of the groups responsible for ransomware attacks have come under political pressure in recent years as they have become more aggressive in their methods and targeting. On a geopolitical level, an area attracting increasing inte…
Assessing variation in co-offending networks
The current study aims to expand the geographic breadth of co-offending research by providing one of the first examinations of co-offending within Australia. We find co-offending was more common for some crimes than others. Individuals arrested for homicide had some of the highest co-offending rates and were more frequently observed in the core of the co-offending network. Females had higher rates of co-offending than males, and differences betwe…
Exploring the hidden social networks of ‘lone actor’ terrorists
Organised Crime and Law Enforcement
Organised Crime and Law Enforcement
Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective examines organised crime and law enforcement through the conceptual lens of networks. The book takes stock of the many ways in which network theories and concepts, including social network analysis, can apply to studying both organised crime and law enforcement responses to organised crime. It is the first attempt to bring these diverse network perspectives and distinct fields of research…
Understanding the structure and composition of co-offending networks in Australia
A large volume of criminal offending involves two or more individuals acting collaboratively. In recent years, much contemporary research on group crime has integrated research on co-offending with the study of criminal networks. However, while this research (mostly from the United States and Canada) is generating significant insights into co-offending, there is a notable absence of research on co-offending and co-offending networks in Australia.…
Civilianising specialist units
Civilianisation refers to utilising non-sworn personnel to perform certain roles within police organisations. While the civilianisation of policing has been examined in a variety of contexts, it has generally been in relation to attempts to improve police efficiency. The current literature is much less focused on efforts to intentionally seek out civilians to improve police effectiveness, which, we suggest, is likely to apply in the case of polic…
Securing the Brisbane 2014 G20 in the wake of the Toronto 2010 G20
Extending inquiries into the dynamics underpinning the ‘iterative’ development of security governance at mega-events, this article explores practices of knowledge sharing and policy transfer at major political summits. Through detailed interviews with police involved in the Toronto 2010 G20 and the Brisbane 2014 G20 summits, and through analysing supporting documentation, we examine the ways in which police interpret past events, as either ‘failu…
Securing Mega-Events
This book focuses on the organisational dynamics underpinning the design and delivery of mega-event security. The authors engage in a comprehensive assessment of the networks, strategies and tensions using the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia in November 2014 as a case study.
The challenges facing specialist police cyber-crime units
The growing threat of cyber-crime poses significant challenges for police organisations. This paper presents original, empirical research on specialist cyber-crime units in Australia to report on the issues and problems faced by police staff at the frontline of cyber-policing. Using a mix of survey data and in-depth interviewing with supervisors, key investigators, and civilian staff from two specialist cyber-crime units, this paper outlines the …
On the Durability of Terrorist Networks
This article conducts a social network analysis (SNA) on discrete groups of Australian-based jihadists across three time periods and then compares these groups to an aggregated network. The aim of this analysis is to potentially reveal hidden connections between seemingly separate groups that could facilitate the flow of information and resources. Results reveal the presence of a number of key actors who appear to connect groups across different …
Managing flows during mega-events
The article examines the configurations and organisational dynamics of policing mega-events through the metaphor of ‘flows’. Using the Brisbane 2014 Group of 20 Summit (G20) as an explorative case study, we suggest that the metaphor of flows may not only hold value with regard to understanding how objects of policing are rendered visible and manageable, but also how it might enable us to take stock of internal flows of data, information and intel…
Security networks and occupational culture
Security networks are organisational forms involving public, private and hybrid actors or nodes that work together to pursue security-related objectives. While we know that security networks are central to the governance of security, and that security networks exist at multiple levels across the security field, we still do not know enough about how these networks form and function. Based on a detailed qualitative study of networks in the field of…
Taking stock of networks across the security field
Security network research has grown considerably in the last decade as it has been increasingly recognised that security is pursued through networks of public, private and hybrid actors or nodes. This research deals with local, institutional, international and virtual security networks and includes techniques such as social network analysis and approaches more familiar to organisational theory and management. However, much of the security network…
Social network analysis and small group ‘dark’ networks
Social network analysis (SNA) is believed to be capable of revealing significant insights into crime and terror groups, including identifying important individuals and unique approaches to disruption. However, SNA has a number of theoretical and practical limitations, particularly when applied to ‘dark’ networks. While most analysts certainly acknowledge at least some of these limitations, we need to know more about their potential impact in a cr…
Network Dynamics and Network Effectiveness
The network form of organisation is becoming increasingly important across many areas of public administration, but most analysts would agree that not enough is known about networks. This article is based on a detailed qualitative study of public sector networks in the field of national security in Australia. It reviews the dynamics and effectiveness of networks as organisational forms in this important field. A methodological framework involving…
Assessing variation in co-offending networks
The current study aims to expand the geographic breadth of co-offending research by providing one of the first examinations of co-offending within Australia. We find co-offending was more common for some crimes than others. Individuals arrested for homicide had some of the highest co-offending rates and were more frequently observed in the core of the co-offending network. Females had higher rates of co-offending than males, and differences betwe…
On the Durability of Terrorist Networks
This article conducts a social network analysis (SNA) on discrete groups of Australian-based jihadists across three time periods and then compares these groups to an aggregated network. The aim of this analysis is to potentially reveal hidden connections between seemingly separate groups that could facilitate the flow of information and resources. Results reveal the presence of a number of key actors who appear to connect groups across different …
Surveillance, security and sporting mega events
Surveillance and security at sporting mega-events has been the subject of considerable recent scholarly attention. Sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games and World Cup Football Finals have become occasions of almost unparalleled economic, political and social significance. In the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, scholars have examined issues such as the ‘security legacies’ left by sporting mega-events, the infrastructures and tec…
Expertise Integration in Cybercrime Policing
This study examines the internal dynamics and composition of federal police cybercrime units with a focus on civilianization. The study is based on interviews with 56 sworn and civilian (unsworn) members of two federal law enforcement organizations located in two of the Five Eyes countries. Both police organizations had a significant number of civilian employees in their cybercrime units and were in the process of actively recruiting more. The fi…
Ransomware HR
Managing flows during mega-events
The article examines the configurations and organisational dynamics of policing mega-events through the metaphor of ‘flows’. Using the Brisbane 2014 Group of 20 Summit (G20) as an explorative case study, we suggest that the metaphor of flows may not only hold value with regard to understanding how objects of policing are rendered visible and manageable, but also how it might enable us to take stock of internal flows of data, information and intel…
Ransomware through the lens of state crime
Cybercrime and other cybersecurity harms are gaining increasing political and public attention across many countries. One of the most serious and fastest growing categories of such harms relates to ransomware attacks. Many of the groups responsible for ransomware attacks have come under political pressure in recent years as they have become more aggressive in their methods and targeting. On a geopolitical level, an area attracting increasing inte…
Civilianising specialist units
Civilianisation refers to utilising non-sworn personnel to perform certain roles within police organisations. While the civilianisation of policing has been examined in a variety of contexts, it has generally been in relation to attempts to improve police efficiency. The current literature is much less focused on efforts to intentionally seek out civilians to improve police effectiveness, which, we suggest, is likely to apply in the case of polic…
Securing the Brisbane 2014 G20 in the wake of the Toronto 2010 G20
Extending inquiries into the dynamics underpinning the ‘iterative’ development of security governance at mega-events, this article explores practices of knowledge sharing and policy transfer at major political summits. Through detailed interviews with police involved in the Toronto 2010 G20 and the Brisbane 2014 G20 summits, and through analysing supporting documentation, we examine the ways in which police interpret past events, as either ‘failu…
Introduction for special issue policing across organisational boundaries
Introduction for special issue policing across organisational boundaries: developments in theory and practice
Policing political mega-events through ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ tactics
Public order policing has long been a central area of concern for policing political mega-events. Following the Toronto 2010 Group of 20 (G20) meeting, however, public order policing policy and practice attracted renewed attention that has had a considerable influence on subsequent political mega-events. The Toronto G20 involved up to 20,000 protesters, over 1000 arrests, and widespread criticisms against the Toronto Police Service and Royal Cana…
Surveillance, Governance and Professional Sport
The surveillance capacities of professional sports clubs and Leagues are directly related to their modes of governance. This paper identifies how private sports clubs enact surveillance through processes of inclusion and exclusion. Using three examples to demonstrate these processes, we argue that the surveillance mechanisms associated with sports governance at times replicate, at other times contradict, and at other times influence those associa…
Professional Negligence And The Quality Of Legal Services–‐An Economic Perspective
Counter‐terrorism across the Policing Continuum
Over the past two decades private and hybrid forms of policing have grown considerably in Australia. As a result, governments have begun to recognize the role played by non‐state police agencies and personnel in the provision of public order and safety, further extending and legitimizing non‐state policing. In addition, the private ownership of critical infrastructure and ‘communal spaces’ has led to a central role for non‐state police in the are…
Policing in the ‘Communal Spaces’ of Major Event Venues
The recent re‐conceptualization of ‘mass private property’ as one form of ‘communal spaces’ raises a series of questions concerning policing and security in these domains. This paper applies the concept of ‘communal spaces’ to an analysis of policing in ‘major event venues.’ We assess the character of policing in these communal spaces by drawing upon interviews conducted with policing—private and public—personnel operating in major event venues. …
Network Dynamics and Network Effectiveness
The network form of organisation is becoming increasingly important across many areas of public administration, but most analysts would agree that not enough is known about networks. This article is based on a detailed qualitative study of public sector networks in the field of national security in Australia. It reviews the dynamics and effectiveness of networks as organisational forms in this important field. A methodological framework involving…
Networks and national security
Surveillance, security and sporting mega events
Surveillance and security at sporting mega-events has been the subject of considerable recent scholarly attention. Sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games and World Cup Football Finals have become occasions of almost unparalleled economic, political and social significance. In the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, scholars have examined issues such as the ‘security legacies’ left by sporting mega-events, the infrastructures and tec…
Surveillance, Governance and Professional Sport
The surveillance capacities of professional sports clubs and Leagues are directly related to their modes of governance. This paper identifies how private sports clubs enact surveillance through processes of inclusion and exclusion. Using three examples to demonstrate these processes, we argue that the surveillance mechanisms associated with sports governance at times replicate, at other times contradict, and at other times influence those associa…
Social network analysis and small group ‘dark’ networks
Social network analysis (SNA) is believed to be capable of revealing significant insights into crime and terror groups, including identifying important individuals and unique approaches to disruption. However, SNA has a number of theoretical and practical limitations, particularly when applied to ‘dark’ networks. While most analysts certainly acknowledge at least some of these limitations, we need to know more about their potential impact in a cr…
Security networks and occupational culture
Security networks are organisational forms involving public, private and hybrid actors or nodes that work together to pursue security-related objectives. While we know that security networks are central to the governance of security, and that security networks exist at multiple levels across the security field, we still do not know enough about how these networks form and function. Based on a detailed qualitative study of networks in the field of…
Managing flows during mega-events
The article examines the configurations and organisational dynamics of policing mega-events through the metaphor of ‘flows’. Using the Brisbane 2014 Group of 20 Summit (G20) as an explorative case study, we suggest that the metaphor of flows may not only hold value with regard to understanding how objects of policing are rendered visible and manageable, but also how it might enable us to take stock of internal flows of data, information and intel…
Introduction for special issue policing across organisational boundaries
Introduction for special issue policing across organisational boundaries: developments in theory and practice
Taking stock of networks across the security field
Security network research has grown considerably in the last decade as it has been increasingly recognised that security is pursued through networks of public, private and hybrid actors or nodes. This research deals with local, institutional, international and virtual security networks and includes techniques such as social network analysis and approaches more familiar to organisational theory and management. However, much of the security network…
Policing political mega-events through ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ tactics
Public order policing has long been a central area of concern for policing political mega-events. Following the Toronto 2010 Group of 20 (G20) meeting, however, public order policing policy and practice attracted renewed attention that has had a considerable influence on subsequent political mega-events. The Toronto G20 involved up to 20,000 protesters, over 1000 arrests, and widespread criticisms against the Toronto Police Service and Royal Cana…
Securing Mega-Events
This book focuses on the organisational dynamics underpinning the design and delivery of mega-event security. The authors engage in a comprehensive assessment of the networks, strategies and tensions using the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia in November 2014 as a case study.
The challenges facing specialist police cyber-crime units
The growing threat of cyber-crime poses significant challenges for police organisations. This paper presents original, empirical research on specialist cyber-crime units in Australia to report on the issues and problems faced by police staff at the frontline of cyber-policing. Using a mix of survey data and in-depth interviewing with supervisors, key investigators, and civilian staff from two specialist cyber-crime units, this paper outlines the …
On the Durability of Terrorist Networks
This article conducts a social network analysis (SNA) on discrete groups of Australian-based jihadists across three time periods and then compares these groups to an aggregated network. The aim of this analysis is to potentially reveal hidden connections between seemingly separate groups that could facilitate the flow of information and resources. Results reveal the presence of a number of key actors who appear to connect groups across different …
Civilianising specialist units
Civilianisation refers to utilising non-sworn personnel to perform certain roles within police organisations. While the civilianisation of policing has been examined in a variety of contexts, it has generally been in relation to attempts to improve police efficiency. The current literature is much less focused on efforts to intentionally seek out civilians to improve police effectiveness, which, we suggest, is likely to apply in the case of polic…
Securing the Brisbane 2014 G20 in the wake of the Toronto 2010 G20
Extending inquiries into the dynamics underpinning the ‘iterative’ development of security governance at mega-events, this article explores practices of knowledge sharing and policy transfer at major political summits. Through detailed interviews with police involved in the Toronto 2010 G20 and the Brisbane 2014 G20 summits, and through analysing supporting documentation, we examine the ways in which police interpret past events, as either ‘failu…
Exploring the hidden social networks of ‘lone actor’ terrorists
Organised Crime and Law Enforcement
Organised Crime and Law Enforcement
Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective examines organised crime and law enforcement through the conceptual lens of networks. The book takes stock of the many ways in which network theories and concepts, including social network analysis, can apply to studying both organised crime and law enforcement responses to organised crime. It is the first attempt to bring these diverse network perspectives and distinct fields of research…
Understanding the structure and composition of co-offending networks in Australia
A large volume of criminal offending involves two or more individuals acting collaboratively. In recent years, much contemporary research on group crime has integrated research on co-offending with the study of criminal networks. However, while this research (mostly from the United States and Canada) is generating significant insights into co-offending, there is a notable absence of research on co-offending and co-offending networks in Australia.…
Assessing variation in co-offending networks
The current study aims to expand the geographic breadth of co-offending research by providing one of the first examinations of co-offending within Australia. We find co-offending was more common for some crimes than others. Individuals arrested for homicide had some of the highest co-offending rates and were more frequently observed in the core of the co-offending network. Females had higher rates of co-offending than males, and differences betwe…
Hacking the hackers’
‘Hacking the hackers’: reflections on stateimplemented disruption as a ‘new model’ for cyber policing
Ransomware through the lens of state crime
Cybercrime and other cybersecurity harms are gaining increasing political and public attention across many countries. One of the most serious and fastest growing categories of such harms relates to ransomware attacks. Many of the groups responsible for ransomware attacks have come under political pressure in recent years as they have become more aggressive in their methods and targeting. On a geopolitical level, an area attracting increasing inte…
Political science (26 works) · Sociology (24 works) · Computer Science (22 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (22 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (19 works) · Law (18 works) · Criminology (17 works) · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (16 works) · Business (14 works) · Computer security (14 works)