Russell Brewer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3824780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell Brewer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell |
| FAMILY NAME | Brewer |
| SIGNATURE | BREWER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4479-6736 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring the Role of Self-Control Across Distinct Patterns of Cyber-Deviance in Emerging Adolescence
A disproportionally large number of adolescents engage in cyber-deviance. However, it is unclear if distinct patterns of adolescent cyber-deviance are evident, and if so, whether and to what extent low self-control is associated with different patterns of cyber-deviance. The current study addressed this research gap by examining the relationship between self-control and distinct latent classes of adolescent cyber-deviance net of potential confoun…
Assessing the Correlates of Online Fraud Offending Among Juveniles
Research exploring online fraud has largely focused on victim characteristics, limiting our knowledge of the factors influencing individuals’ risk of engaging in fraud offenses. It is essential that researchers understand the early-onset risk factors for fraud offending to develop better strategies to prevent behavior and reduce victimization. To address this gap in the literature, this study explored the relationship between self-control, opport…
Socio-Ecological Influences on HIV Care Engagement
Mediation of the Effect of Incarceration on Selling Sex Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women in the HPTN 061 Study
Exploring the Relationship between Opportunity and Self-Control in Youth Exposure to and Sharing of Online Hate Content
The rise of the Internet has dramatically increased the degree to which youth may be exposed to online hate content, and simplified the process of sharing this content with others. Viewing messages that contain hate speech or language vilifying others can increase an individual’s risk of radicalization to extremist views and the acceptance of violent ideologies. Researchers have begun to explore the risk factors for exposure to such content, with…
The associations of incarceration and depression with healthcare experiences and utilization among Black men who have sex with men in HPTN 061
Associations of incarceration with healthcare access and utilization among Black sexual minority men (BSMM) and differences in association among those with and without pre-incarceration symptoms of depression were measured. Secondary analysis using survey data from the longitudinal cohort HIV Prevention Trials Network 061 study was conducted among 1553 BSMM from six major U.S. cities from 2009 to 2011. We used modified log-binomial regression wit…
Reprint of
Assessing the role of self-control and technology access on adolescent sexting and sext dissemination
Concern over juvenile sexting behaviors has increased substantially over the last decade, leading to criminological inquiries of the correlates of sexting. Evidence suggests that sexting behavior is associated with one's level of self-control, such that individuals with low self-control are unable to constrain themselves from acting on opportunities to offend. Though self-control is correlated with sexting, few have considered the ways that situa…
Assessing the Role of Opportunity and Low Self-Control in Juvenile Hacking
Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime argues individuals with low self-control are more likely to engage in crime on and off-line. There is less research considering the role of opportunity, as low self-control should increase individuals’ willingness to act on opportunities to offend. The importance of opportunity is distinct for cybercrime, as technology access may be differentially impacted by various demographic factors. This stud…
Police harassment and psychosocial vulnerability, distress, and depressive symptoms among black men who have sex with men in the U.S
The mental health impact of exposure to police harassment is understudied, particularly among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM), a group at elevated risk of exposure to such discrimination. This study aimed to identify the associations among BMSM between recent police harassment and psychosocial vulnerability, psychological distress, and depression measured six months later. Data come from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 061 Study, …
Using social network analysis to study crime
The use of social network analysis to study groups of offenders engaged in illicit activities such as drug trafficking and terrorism has grown in popularity over the last three decades. Along with such growth, however, researchers have been confronted with a suite of challenges related to the use of data extracted from criminal justice records. In this paper, we review these challenges through a discussion of the extant empirical literature utili…
Sexual Identity, Sexual Behavior and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Black Cisgender Sexual Minority Men
Innovations in research on illicit networks
Research using social network analysis to study illicit networks has blossomed since publication of a seminal article by Sparrow1. Nonetheless, it took about ten years before Sparrow’s call to arms
Socio-Structural and Neighborhood Predictors of Incident Criminal Justice Involvement in a Population-Based Cohort of Young Black MSM and Transgender Women
Toward a Culturally Specific Spirituality for Black Sexual Minority Men
Spirituality is a culturally relevant phenomenon that has been found to significantly affect Black sexual minority (SM) men’s health in the United States. However, many studies that have investigated spirituality among Black SM men have often used conceptualizations of spirituality that were not defined by this group. This research investigation used qualitative methods to determine how Black SM men defined spirituality for themselves. Ten Black …
Social Networks Moderate the Syndemic Effect of Psychosocial and Structural Factors on HIV Risk Among Young Black Transgender Women and Men who have Sex with Men
Digital Drift and the 'Sense of Injustice
Over the past several decades, criminological scholarship has increasingly focused on the problem of cybercrime including technology-enabled offending. Theoretical developments that account for these offences have not grown in tandem, leading to questions as to the nature of cybercriminality relative to traditional forms of offending. Recently, Goldsmith and Brewer proposed the conceptual framework of digital drift, extending elements of Matza’s …
Collecting Mobility Data with GPS Methods to Understand the HIV Environmental Riskscape Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Substance Use Continuum of Care Interventions Among Criminal Justice–Involved Black Men Who Have Sex With Men
Background. Because Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) experience high rates of both HIV and incarceration relative to other groups, the various stages of criminal justice involvement may serve as important intervention points for addressing HIV and related conditions in this group. Although systematic reviews of HIV interventions targeting MSM in general and BMSM in particular exist, no review has explored the range and impact of HIV, sexual…
The malleable character of brokerage and crime control
This article investigates the convergence of public and private security actors at the Port of Melbourne, and using social network analysis, maps the extent to which these actors actively mobilise network connections to control crime. The findings reveal a network structure characterised by a distinct separation of power amongst nodes that, as a consequence, obstruct the flow of network resources. Of particular interest to this article, is the ca…
Policing the Waterfront
The waterfront has long been recognised as a site where criminal elements flourish. For centuries, the maritime transport industry—and ports in particular—have been exploited by opportunistic individuals for a whole raft of illicit purposes. History has shown that policing the waterfront has (and continues to) posed a formidable challenge, as law enforcement continues to seek to allay concerns over organised crime, smuggling, trafficking, pillage…
Digital drift and the criminal interaction order
Despite growing interest in cybercrime, the Internet still poses significant challenges for criminological understanding. Its penetration of everyday life is relevant to many crime types, not just cybercrimes. This article examines the ways in which criminal commitments form using the Internet and related communication technologies that empower the individual relative to the group (gang, mafia, etc.). We argue this occurs in two ways. First, it a…
Assessing the Importance of Culture in Explaining Drug Use amongst Indigenous Police Detainees in Adelaide
This article assesses the role of the Indigenous culture of origin in explaining the early age of initiation into drug use and its relation to subsequent abuse and dependence amongst Indigenous Australians living in urban centres. In particular it is argued that ‘culture’ interacts with a range of social, internal, and environmental risk factors which thereby generate social conditions within the urban Indigenous community that tolerate and promo…
Digital drift and the criminal interaction order
Despite growing interest in cybercrime, the Internet still poses significant challenges for criminological understanding. Its penetration of everyday life is relevant to many crime types, not just cybercrimes. This article examines the ways in which criminal commitments form using the Internet and related communication technologies that empower the individual relative to the group (gang, mafia, etc.). We argue this occurs in two ways. First, it a…
Digital Drift and the 'Sense of Injustice
Over the past several decades, criminological scholarship has increasingly focused on the problem of cybercrime including technology-enabled offending. Theoretical developments that account for these offences have not grown in tandem, leading to questions as to the nature of cybercriminality relative to traditional forms of offending. Recently, Goldsmith and Brewer proposed the conceptual framework of digital drift, extending elements of Matza’s …
The malleable character of brokerage and crime control
This article investigates the convergence of public and private security actors at the Port of Melbourne, and using social network analysis, maps the extent to which these actors actively mobilise network connections to control crime. The findings reveal a network structure characterised by a distinct separation of power amongst nodes that, as a consequence, obstruct the flow of network resources. Of particular interest to this article, is the ca…
Reprint of
Socio-Structural and Neighborhood Predictors of Incident Criminal Justice Involvement in a Population-Based Cohort of Young Black MSM and Transgender Women
Toward a Culturally Specific Spirituality for Black Sexual Minority Men
Spirituality is a culturally relevant phenomenon that has been found to significantly affect Black sexual minority (SM) men’s health in the United States. However, many studies that have investigated spirituality among Black SM men have often used conceptualizations of spirituality that were not defined by this group. This research investigation used qualitative methods to determine how Black SM men defined spirituality for themselves. Ten Black …
Assessing the Importance of Culture in Explaining Drug Use amongst Indigenous Police Detainees in Adelaide
This article assesses the role of the Indigenous culture of origin in explaining the early age of initiation into drug use and its relation to subsequent abuse and dependence amongst Indigenous Australians living in urban centres. In particular it is argued that ‘culture’ interacts with a range of social, internal, and environmental risk factors which thereby generate social conditions within the urban Indigenous community that tolerate and promo…
Policing the Waterfront
The waterfront has long been recognised as a site where criminal elements flourish. For centuries, the maritime transport industry—and ports in particular—have been exploited by opportunistic individuals for a whole raft of illicit purposes. History has shown that policing the waterfront has (and continues to) posed a formidable challenge, as law enforcement continues to seek to allay concerns over organised crime, smuggling, trafficking, pillage…
Digital drift and the criminal interaction order
Despite growing interest in cybercrime, the Internet still poses significant challenges for criminological understanding. Its penetration of everyday life is relevant to many crime types, not just cybercrimes. This article examines the ways in which criminal commitments form using the Internet and related communication technologies that empower the individual relative to the group (gang, mafia, etc.). We argue this occurs in two ways. First, it a…
The malleable character of brokerage and crime control
This article investigates the convergence of public and private security actors at the Port of Melbourne, and using social network analysis, maps the extent to which these actors actively mobilise network connections to control crime. The findings reveal a network structure characterised by a distinct separation of power amongst nodes that, as a consequence, obstruct the flow of network resources. Of particular interest to this article, is the ca…
Collecting Mobility Data with GPS Methods to Understand the HIV Environmental Riskscape Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Substance Use Continuum of Care Interventions Among Criminal Justice–Involved Black Men Who Have Sex With Men
Background. Because Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) experience high rates of both HIV and incarceration relative to other groups, the various stages of criminal justice involvement may serve as important intervention points for addressing HIV and related conditions in this group. Although systematic reviews of HIV interventions targeting MSM in general and BMSM in particular exist, no review has explored the range and impact of HIV, sexual…
Social Networks Moderate the Syndemic Effect of Psychosocial and Structural Factors on HIV Risk Among Young Black Transgender Women and Men who have Sex with Men
Digital Drift and the 'Sense of Injustice
Over the past several decades, criminological scholarship has increasingly focused on the problem of cybercrime including technology-enabled offending. Theoretical developments that account for these offences have not grown in tandem, leading to questions as to the nature of cybercriminality relative to traditional forms of offending. Recently, Goldsmith and Brewer proposed the conceptual framework of digital drift, extending elements of Matza’s …
Innovations in research on illicit networks
Research using social network analysis to study illicit networks has blossomed since publication of a seminal article by Sparrow1. Nonetheless, it took about ten years before Sparrow’s call to arms
Socio-Structural and Neighborhood Predictors of Incident Criminal Justice Involvement in a Population-Based Cohort of Young Black MSM and Transgender Women
Toward a Culturally Specific Spirituality for Black Sexual Minority Men
Spirituality is a culturally relevant phenomenon that has been found to significantly affect Black sexual minority (SM) men’s health in the United States. However, many studies that have investigated spirituality among Black SM men have often used conceptualizations of spirituality that were not defined by this group. This research investigation used qualitative methods to determine how Black SM men defined spirituality for themselves. Ten Black …
Assessing the role of self-control and technology access on adolescent sexting and sext dissemination
Concern over juvenile sexting behaviors has increased substantially over the last decade, leading to criminological inquiries of the correlates of sexting. Evidence suggests that sexting behavior is associated with one's level of self-control, such that individuals with low self-control are unable to constrain themselves from acting on opportunities to offend. Though self-control is correlated with sexting, few have considered the ways that situa…
Assessing the Role of Opportunity and Low Self-Control in Juvenile Hacking
Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime argues individuals with low self-control are more likely to engage in crime on and off-line. There is less research considering the role of opportunity, as low self-control should increase individuals’ willingness to act on opportunities to offend. The importance of opportunity is distinct for cybercrime, as technology access may be differentially impacted by various demographic factors. This stud…
Police harassment and psychosocial vulnerability, distress, and depressive symptoms among black men who have sex with men in the U.S
The mental health impact of exposure to police harassment is understudied, particularly among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM), a group at elevated risk of exposure to such discrimination. This study aimed to identify the associations among BMSM between recent police harassment and psychosocial vulnerability, psychological distress, and depression measured six months later. Data come from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 061 Study, …
Using social network analysis to study crime
The use of social network analysis to study groups of offenders engaged in illicit activities such as drug trafficking and terrorism has grown in popularity over the last three decades. Along with such growth, however, researchers have been confronted with a suite of challenges related to the use of data extracted from criminal justice records. In this paper, we review these challenges through a discussion of the extant empirical literature utili…
Sexual Identity, Sexual Behavior and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Black Cisgender Sexual Minority Men
The associations of incarceration and depression with healthcare experiences and utilization among Black men who have sex with men in HPTN 061
Associations of incarceration with healthcare access and utilization among Black sexual minority men (BSMM) and differences in association among those with and without pre-incarceration symptoms of depression were measured. Secondary analysis using survey data from the longitudinal cohort HIV Prevention Trials Network 061 study was conducted among 1553 BSMM from six major U.S. cities from 2009 to 2011. We used modified log-binomial regression wit…
Reprint of
Socio-Ecological Influences on HIV Care Engagement
Mediation of the Effect of Incarceration on Selling Sex Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women in the HPTN 061 Study
Exploring the Relationship between Opportunity and Self-Control in Youth Exposure to and Sharing of Online Hate Content
The rise of the Internet has dramatically increased the degree to which youth may be exposed to online hate content, and simplified the process of sharing this content with others. Viewing messages that contain hate speech or language vilifying others can increase an individual’s risk of radicalization to extremist views and the acceptance of violent ideologies. Researchers have begun to explore the risk factors for exposure to such content, with…
Exploring the Role of Self-Control Across Distinct Patterns of Cyber-Deviance in Emerging Adolescence
A disproportionally large number of adolescents engage in cyber-deviance. However, it is unclear if distinct patterns of adolescent cyber-deviance are evident, and if so, whether and to what extent low self-control is associated with different patterns of cyber-deviance. The current study addressed this research gap by examining the relationship between self-control and distinct latent classes of adolescent cyber-deviance net of potential confoun…
Assessing the Correlates of Online Fraud Offending Among Juveniles
Research exploring online fraud has largely focused on victim characteristics, limiting our knowledge of the factors influencing individuals’ risk of engaging in fraud offenses. It is essential that researchers understand the early-onset risk factors for fraud offending to develop better strategies to prevent behavior and reduce victimization. To address this gap in the literature, this study explored the relationship between self-control, opport…
Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Criminology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 works)