Publications

All of my previous publications are available for non-commercial use below

Books

Digital Child Pornography: A Practical Guide for Investigators. Chad M.S. Steel. Lily Shiba Press. 2014.

Windows Forensics: The Field Guide for Corporate Computer Investigations. Chad M.S. Steel. Wiley, 2006.

PAPERS

Technical Profiles of Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenders Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law. February 2023.

Improving Child Sexual Exploitation Material Investigations: Recommendations Based on a Review of Recent Research Findings Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. The Police Journal. November 2022.

Lawless Space Theory for Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offending Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Aggression and Violent Behavior. November 2022.

Suicidal Ideation in Offenders Convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offences Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. January 2022.

Public Perceptions of Child Pornography and Child Pornography Consumers Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Archives of Sexual Behavior. January 2022.

Technical Behaviours of Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenders Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Journal of Digital Forensics, Security, and Law. January 2022.

Self Perceptions and Cognitions of Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenders Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. December 2021.

Collecting and Viewing Behaviors of Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenders Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Child Abuse and Neglect. May 2021.

An Integrative Review of Historical Technology and Countermeasure Usage Trends in Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenders Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Digital Investigation. April 2020.

A Systematic Review of Cognitive Distortions in Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenders Chad M.S. Steel, Emily Newman, Suzanne O'Rourke, Ethel Quayle. Aggression and Violent Behavior. January 2020.

Stolen Identity Valuation and Market Evolution on the Dark Web.  Chad M.S. Steel.  International Journal of Cyber Criminality.  June 2019.

The Asperger's Defense in Digital Child Pornography Investigations. Chad M.S. Steel. Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Law. August 2016.

The Technical SODDI Defenses: The Trojan Horse Defense Revisited. Chad M.S. Steel. Journal of Digital Forensics, Security, and the Law. January 2015.

Web-based Child Pornography: The Global Impact of Deterrence Efforts and its Consumption on Mobile Platforms. Chad M.S. Steel. Child Abuse and Neglect. January 2015.

Idiographic Digital Profiling: Behavioral Analysis Based on Digital Forensics. Chad M.S. Steel. Journal of Digital Forensics, Security, and the Law. August 2014.

The Mask-SIFT Cascading Classifier for Pornography Detection. Chad M.S. Steel. Internet Security (WorldCIS), 2012 World Congress on, 2012.

Child Pornography on US Government Networks. Chad M.S. Steel, Lauren Henry. Journal of Public Inquiry. September 2010.

Child Pornography in Peer-to-Peer Networks. Child Abuse and Neglect, 2009.

Web-based child pornography: Quantification and Qualification of Demand. Chad M.S. Steel. International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics, 2009.

Impersonator identification through dynamic fingerprinting, Chad M.S. Steel, Chang-Tien Lu. Digital Investigation, 2008.

Computer Location Determination Through Geoparsing and Geocoding of Extracted Features. Chad M.S. Steel. ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 2007.

Building a Multisite Web Architecture. Chad M.S. Steel. IEEE Internet Computing. October 2002.

Case Study of a Year 2000 Testing Initiative. Chad M.S. Steel, Julia V. Bukowski. Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability of Systems, 1999.

Investigation into various optical methods for Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Measurement. Chad M.S. Steel. Submitted to meet the requirements of MSCE, Villanova University. 1998.

Miscellaneous Work

Digital Behaviours and Cognitions of Individuals Convicted of Online Child Pornography Offences. Chad M.S. Steel. Dissertation, University of Edinburgh, 2021.

Age Detection Through Facial Anthropometric Ratios. Chad M.S. Steel. Tech Seminar Paper, Virginia Tech, 2012.

PRESENT: A Framework for Planning and Executing Search Warrants for Digital Evidence. Chad M.S. Steel. Tech Seminar Paper, Virginia Tech, 2011.

ARCADE: Accurate Recognition of Clusters Across Densities. Chad M.S. Steel. Tech Seminar Paper, Virginia Tech, 2009. ​

Design of a Distributed Digital Library for HealthCare (DLHC). Chad M.S. Steel. Tech Seminar Paper, Virginia Tech, 2008.

Geospatial Anomaly Detection in Internet Usage. Chad M.S. Steel. Tech Seminar Paper, Virginia Tech, 2008.