Dr Paul Bleakley


NameDr Paul Bleakley
Job titleLecturer in Criminology
Research institute
Primary appointmentLaw and Social Sciences
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-4072
Contact categoryAcademic staff (past)

Research outputs

Limerence, hidden obsession, fixation, and rumination: a scoping review of human behaviour

Bradbury, P., Short, E. and Bleakley, P. 2024. Limerence, hidden obsession, fixation, and rumination: a scoping review of human behaviour. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-024-09674-x

‘I had no choice’: adult neutralisation of online sexual engagement with children

Bradbury, P., Bleakley, P. and Martellozzo, E. 2024. ‘I had no choice’: adult neutralisation of online sexual engagement with children. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-024-09645-2

Supporting digital key workers: Addressing the challenges faced by content moderators during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Martellozzo, E., Bleakley, P., Bradbury, P., Spence, R. and DeMarco, J. 2024. Supporting digital key workers: Addressing the challenges faced by content moderators during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management. 24 (2), pp. 212-228. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTPM.2024.137818

Moderating online child sexual abuse material (CSAM): does self-regulation work, or is greater state regulation needed?

Bleakley, P., Martellozzo, E., Spence, R. and DeMarco, J. 2023. Moderating online child sexual abuse material (CSAM): does self-regulation work, or is greater state regulation needed? European Journal of Criminology. 21 (2), pp. 231-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708231181361

Content moderators’ strategies for coping with the stress of moderating content online

Spence, R., Harrison, A., Bradbury, P., Bleakley, P., Martellozzo, E. and DeMarco, J. 2023. Content moderators’ strategies for coping with the stress of moderating content online. Journal of Online Trust and Safety. 1 (5), pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.54501/jots.v1i5.91

Police responses to cyberstalking during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK

Martellozzo, E., Bleakley, P., Bradbury, P., Frost, S. and Short, E. 2022. Police responses to cyberstalking during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X221113452

Frontline response: exploring the impact of COVID‐19 on stalking behaviours

Short, E., Bradbury, P., Martellozzo, E., Frost, S. and Bleakley, P. 2022. Frontline response: exploring the impact of COVID‐19 on stalking behaviours. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 37 (3), pp. 540-548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-022-09514-w

The right tool for the job: evaluating police experiences of a pilot tool for responding to stalking

Bleakley, P., Frost, S., Bradbury, P., Short, E. and Martellozzo, E. 2023. The right tool for the job: evaluating police experiences of a pilot tool for responding to stalking. Policing: a Journal of Policy and Practice. 17. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac022

Panic, pizza and mainstreaming the alt-right: A social media analysis of Pizzagate and the rise of the QAnon conspiracy

Bleakley, P. 2023. Panic, pizza and mainstreaming the alt-right: A social media analysis of Pizzagate and the rise of the QAnon conspiracy. Current Sociology. 71 (3), pp. 509-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921211034896

A new front in the history wars? Responding to Rubenhold’s feminist revision of the Ripper

Bleakley, P. 2021. A new front in the history wars? Responding to Rubenhold’s feminist revision of the Ripper. Criminology & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895821992460

Accused of an "abominable crime": punishing homosexual blackmail threats in London, 1723–1823

Bleakley, P. 2021. Accused of an "abominable crime": punishing homosexual blackmail threats in London, 1723–1823. Crime, Law and Social Change. 75 (4), pp. 331-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-020-09925-y

Whitechapel, dark city: performative recuperation of urban identity in Gilded Age Chicago’s Whitechapel Club

Bleakley, P. 2020. Whitechapel, dark city: performative recuperation of urban identity in Gilded Age Chicago’s Whitechapel Club. Urbanities: Journal of Urban Ethnography. 10 (2), pp. 56-70.

Muddy waters: critiquing the historical criminology method in the investigation of the Smiley Face murders theory

Bleakley, P. 2021. Muddy waters: critiquing the historical criminology method in the investigation of the Smiley Face murders theory. Homicide Studies. 25 (3), pp. 273-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767920948571

The trouble with squads: accounting for corruption in Australia’s specialist policing units

Bleakley, P. 2021. The trouble with squads: accounting for corruption in Australia’s specialist policing units. Criminal Justice Studies. 34 (1), pp. 115-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2020.1763985

The cult of corruption: reframing organizational frameworks of police corruption from a cultic perspective

Bleakley, P. 2021. The cult of corruption: reframing organizational frameworks of police corruption from a cultic perspective. Deviant Behavior. 42 (5), pp. 565-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2020.1741775

Fish in a barrel: police targeting of Brisbane’s ephemeral gay spaces in the pre-decriminalization era

Bleakley, P. 2019. Fish in a barrel: police targeting of Brisbane’s ephemeral gay spaces in the pre-decriminalization era. Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2019.1695424

A thin-slice of institutionalised police brutality: a tradition of excessive force in the Chicago Police Department

Bleakley, P. 2019. A thin-slice of institutionalised police brutality: a tradition of excessive force in the Chicago Police Department. Criminal Law Forum. 30 (4), pp. 425-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-019-09378-6

Thine is the kingdom: reconceptualising the Latin Kings street gang through the prism of revolutionary vanguardism

Bleakley, P. 2019. Thine is the kingdom: reconceptualising the Latin Kings street gang through the prism of revolutionary vanguardism. International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. 56 (2), pp. 105-122.

The data and deviance: disintegrative shaming and exclusion in Queensland schools

Bleakley, P. and Bleakley, C. 2019. The data and deviance: disintegrative shaming and exclusion in Queensland schools. Interchange. 50 (4), pp. 537-548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-019-09374-0

Days of alt-rage: using the Weatherman movement to deconstruct the radicalisation of the alt-right

Bleakley, P. 2020. Days of alt-rage: using the Weatherman movement to deconstruct the radicalisation of the alt-right. Contemporary Politics. 26 (1), pp. 106-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2019.1663395

'Naive Kid' or 'Viruoso of Deceit'?: Tabloid media parochialism and the trials of Amanda Knox

Bleakley, P. 2019. 'Naive Kid' or 'Viruoso of Deceit'?: Tabloid media parochialism and the trials of Amanda Knox. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture. 19 (1), pp. 3-18.

Big fish, small pond: NGO–corporate partnerships and corruption of the environmental certification process in Tasmanian aquaculture

Bleakley, P. 2019. Big fish, small pond: NGO–corporate partnerships and corruption of the environmental certification process in Tasmanian aquaculture. Critical Criminology. 28 (3), pp. 389-405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-019-09454-8

'No action required': a historical pattern of inaction and discretion towards child sexual abuse in Queensland policing

Bleakley, P. 2020. 'No action required': a historical pattern of inaction and discretion towards child sexual abuse in Queensland policing. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. 93 (2), pp. 109-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X19839281

Cleaning up the Dirty Squad: using the Obscene Publications Act as a weapon of social control

Bleakley, P. 2019. Cleaning up the Dirty Squad: using the Obscene Publications Act as a weapon of social control. State Crime Journal. 8 (1), pp. 19-38. https://doi.org/10.13169/statecrime.8.1.0019

A State of force: the repressive policing of contention in Queensland under Frederic Urquhart

Bleakley, P. 2018. A State of force: the repressive policing of contention in Queensland under Frederic Urquhart. Contention - The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest. 6 (2), pp. 44-64. https://doi.org/10.3167/cont.2018.060204

Football hooliganism, the death drive and Millwall fandom as symbolic masochism

Bleakley, P. 2018. Football hooliganism, the death drive and Millwall fandom as symbolic masochism. The Journal of Fandom Studies. 6 (3), pp. 225-241. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs.6.3.225_1

Watching the watchers: Taskforce Argos and the evidentiary issues involved with infiltrating Dark Web child exploitation networks

Bleakley, P. 2018. Watching the watchers: Taskforce Argos and the evidentiary issues involved with infiltrating Dark Web child exploitation networks. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. 92 (3), pp. 221-236. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X18801409

School resource officers, 'zero tolerance' and the enforcement of compliance in the American education system

Bleakley, P. and Bleakley, C. 2018. School resource officers, 'zero tolerance' and the enforcement of compliance in the American education system. Interchange. 49 (2), pp. 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-018-9326-5

Situationism and the recuperation of an ideology in the era of Trump, fake news and post-truth politics

Bleakley, P. 2018. Situationism and the recuperation of an ideology in the era of Trump, fake news and post-truth politics. Capital and Class. 42 (3), pp. 419-434. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816818759231

Internal politics at the Metropolitan Police and the detrimental impact of organisational dysfunction on the 1888 Jack the Ripper investigation

Bleakley, P. 2016. Internal politics at the Metropolitan Police and the detrimental impact of organisational dysfunction on the 1888 Jack the Ripper investigation. The Victorian. 4 (1), pp. 1-18.

'Love me or hate me – I don’t care': Katie Hopkins, Celebrity Big Brother and the destruction of a negative image

Bleakley, P. 2016. 'Love me or hate me – I don’t care': Katie Hopkins, Celebrity Big Brother and the destruction of a negative image. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. 30 (4), pp. 419-432. https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2016.1186605

Six o'clock closing and the growth of prostitution in Sydney, 1916-27

Bleakley, P. 2014. Six o'clock closing and the growth of prostitution in Sydney, 1916-27. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society. 100 (2), pp. 176-193.

The permanent evolution of democracy: Trotsky’s role in 21st century democratic activism

Bleakley, P. 2014. The permanent evolution of democracy: Trotsky’s role in 21st century democratic activism. in: Ware, H., Jenkins, B., Branagan, M. and Subedi, D. (ed.) Cultivating Peace: Contexts, Practices and Multidimensional Models Cambridge Scholars Press. pp. 315-331

"500 tokens to go private": camgirls, cybersex and feminist entrepreneurship

Bleakley, P. 2014. "500 tokens to go private": camgirls, cybersex and feminist entrepreneurship. Sexuality & Culture. 18 (4), pp. 892-910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-014-9228-3
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