Researcher Profile

  • Professor at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Deakin University

  • Illicit networks, organised crime, terrorism, social network analysis

  • Illicit networks, organised crime, terrorism, social network analysis

  • Bright, D. A. & Whelan, C. (2021) Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective. Routledge.

    Bright, D. A., Brewer, R. & Morselli, C. (2021). Using social network analysis to study crime: Navigating the challenges of criminal justice records. Social Networks.

    Bright, D. A. & Deegan, S. (2021). The organisational structure, social networks and criminal activities of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 621.

    Bright, D. A., Whelan, C. & Harris-Hogan, S. (2020). On the durability of terrorist networks: Revealing the hidden connections between Australian Jihadist cells. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 43, 638-656.

    Bright, D. A., Whelan, C. & Harris-Hogan, S. (2020). Exploring the hidden social networks of ‘lone actor’ terrorists. Crime, Law and Social Change.

    Bright, D. A., Whelan, C. & Morselli, C. (2020). Understanding the structure and composition of co-offending networks in Australia. Trends and Issues in Criminal Justice.

    Coutinho, J., Diviak, T., Bright, D. A. &. Koskinen, J. (2020). Multilevel determinants of collaboration between organised criminal groups. Social Networks.

    Bright, D. A., Koskinen, J., & Malm, A. (2019). Illicit network dynamics: The formation and evolution of a drug trafficking network. Quantitative Criminology, 35, 237-258.

    Bright, D. A. & Whelan, C. (2019). On the relationship between goals, membership and network design in multi-agency “fusion” centres. Policing: An International Journal, 42, 441-454.

    Bright, D. A., Greenhill, C., Britz, T., Ritter, A. & Morselli, C. (2017). Criminal network vulnerabilities and adaptations. Global Crime, 18, 424-441.

  • Social Network Analysis And Network Disruption, Social Influence – Micro, Meso And Macro Levels, and Disinformation And Social Cohesion; Radicalisation And Extremism


  • Twitter Handle     @BrightProfessor
    Email Address david.bright@deakin.edu.au

 

David Bright

Overview

Professor David Bright is a criminologist and forensic psychologist. His research interests include criminal networks, organised crime, terrorism, drugs and crime, and desistance from crime. 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 five 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