Dr. Martin Bouchard

Martin Bouchard is a Professor at the School of Criminology, 丁香园AV and the former Director of the ICCRC. Dr. Bouchard received his PhD in Criminology from the University of Montreal, and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Maryland. His work focuses on the organization and dynamics of illicit markets and on examining the impact of social networks in various criminal career outcomes. He also published extensively on street gangs, organized crime, and methodologies to estimate the size of illicit markets. His interest in cybercrime includes examining the structure of online criminal networks, as well as the role of the Internet in facilitating co-offending and criminal innovation.

Contact Information:
Email: mbouchard@sfu.ca
Phone: +1 (778) 782-8135

Additional Information:

Relevant Publications:

Bouchard, M., Davies, G., Frank, R., Wu, E., & Joffres, K. (Forthcoming). The Social Structure of Extremist Websites. In J. Littlewood, L. Dawson, & S. Thompson (Eds.), Canada Among Nations: Terrorism and Counterterrorism. University of Toronto Press.

Levey, P., & Bouchard, M. (2019). The Emergence of Violent Narratives in the Life-Course Trajectories of Online Forum Participants. .

Westlake, B., Bouchard, M., & Girodat, A. (2016). How Obvious Is It? The Content of Child Sexual Exploitation Websites. , DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2016.1197001

Bouchard, M., & Westlake, B. (2016). La d茅tection de communaut茅s au sein de r茅seaux criminels en ligne et ses implications pour les recherches en co-d茅linquance. In R茅mi Boivin and Carlo Morselli (Eds.), . Les Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al.

Davies, G., Neudecker, C., Ouellet, M., Bouchard, M., & Ducol, B. (2016). Toward a Framework to Assess Online Programs for Countering Violent Extremism. , 6, 51-86.

Ducol, B., Bouchard, M., Davies, G., Ouellet, M., & Neudecker, C. (2016). Assessment of the State of Knowledge: Connections between Research on the Social Psychology of the Internet and Violent Extremism. .

Westlake, B., & Bouchard, M. (2016). Liking and Hyperlinking: Community Detection in Online Child Exploitation Networks. , 59, 23-36.

Westlake, B., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2015). Assessing the Validity of Automated Webcrawlers as Data Collection Tools to Investigate Online Child Sexual Exploitation. , DOI: 10.1177/1079063215616818

Westlake, B., & Bouchard, M. (2015). Criminal Careers in Cyberspace: Examining Website Failure within Child Exploitation Networks. , 33(7), 1154-1181

Allsup, R., Thomas, E., Monk, B., Frank, R., & Bouchard, M. (2015). Networking in Child Exploitation 鈥� Assessing Disruption Strategies Using Registrant Information. In .

Bouchard, M., & Thomas, E. (2015). Radical and Connected: Concluding Thoughts and Future Research. In M. Bouchard (Ed.). . Routledge.

Bouchard, M., & Levey, P. (2015). Radical and Connected: An Introduction. In M. Bouchard (Ed.). . Routledge.

Davies, G., Bouchard, M., Wu, E., Joffres, K., & Frank, R. (2015). Terrorist and Extremist Organizations鈥� use of the Internet for Recruitment. In M. Bouchard (Ed.) (pp. 105-127). Routledge.

Bouchard, M., & Nash, R. (2015). Researching Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism through a Network Lens. In M. Bouchard (Ed.) (pp. 48-60). Routledge.

Frank, R., Bouchard, M., Davies, G., & Mei, J. (2015). Spreading the Message Digitally: A Look into Extremist Organizations鈥� use of the Internet. In R. G. Smith, R.C.-C. Cheung and L.Y.-C. Lau (Eds.) . Palgrave.

Joffres, K., & Bouchard, M. (2015). Vulnerabilities in Online Child Pornography Networks. In A. Malm and G. Bichler (Eds.), (pp. 153-176). Crime Prevention Studies, Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.

Bouchard, M. (2014). Outils et m茅thodes pour la construction et l鈥檃nalyse des r茅seaux illicites sur Internet. , 67, 317-337.

Bouchard, M., Joffres, K., & Frank, R. (2014). Preliminary Analytical Considerations in Designing a Terrorism and Extremism Online Network Extractor. In V. Mago and V. Dabbaghian (Eds.), (pp. 171-184). Springer.

Bouchard, M. (2013). Merging Computing and Crime Science: The Development of a Web-Crawling Tool to Investigate Cybercrime. Translational Criminology, 5, 15-17.

Westlake, B., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2012). Comparing Methods for Detecting Child Exploitation Content Online. In Proceedings of the 2012 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC).

Basamanowicz, J., & Bouchard, M. (2011). Overcoming the Warez Paradox: Situational Crime Prevention and Warez Scene Piracy. Policy & Internet, 3, 1-25.

Joffres, K., Bouchard, M., Frank, R., & Westlake, B. (2011). Strategies to Disrupt Online Child Exploitation Networks. In Proceedings of the 2011 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC).
*Won the Honorable Mention Award for Best Paper at the 2011 EISIC conference

Westlake, B., Bouchard, M., & Frank, R. (2011). Finding the Key Players in Online Child Exploitation Networks. Policy & Internet, 3, 1-32.

Frank, R., Westlake, B., & Bouchard, M. (2010). The Structure and Content of Online Child Exploitation Networks. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics (KDD).