Introduction to Social Network Analysis (SNA) as an investigative tool

RC Van der Hulst - Trends in Organized Crime, 2009 - Springer
… ways to counteract and disrupt those networks. In the following sections we discuss social
network analysis (SNA) as a promising tool for scrutinizing the fundamental principles and …

[HTML][HTML] Social network analysis: A systematic approach for investigating

JA Johnson, JD Reitzel, BF Norwood… - FBI Law Enforcement …, 2013 - leb.fbi.gov
Social network analysis (SNA) is often confused with social networking sites, such as
Facebook, when in fact, SNA is an analytical tool that can be used to map and measure …

Social network analysis as a tool for criminal intelligence: understanding its potential from the perspectives of intelligence analysts

M Burcher, C Whelan - Trends in Organized Crime, 2018 - Springer
… 19), ‘if academics are to take SNA to the next level as an investigative tool, there is a clear
need for improved understanding about how it is already being used.’ From the very few …

Social network analysis and counter-terrorism: measures of centrality as an investigative tool

S Mullins - Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… This paper addresses the question of whether social network analysis (SNA) measures of …
an investigative tool. It is often asserted that SNA can help to identify key players in a network

Social network analysis in multiple social networks data for criminal group discovery

X Shang, Y Yuan - 2012 International Conference on Cyber …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
network analysis has not been studied well in an applied way and remains primarily a manual
process. To assist investigators … in the field of Social Network Analysis (SNA). A simulation …

Strategic social network analysis

T Michalak, T Rahwan, M Wooldridge - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2017 - ojs.aaai.org
… existing SNA tools have the ability to internalize them. This is because most SNA tools were
… groups in a network do not act strategically to evade those tools. Even the more advanced …

Privacy-preserving social network analysis for criminal investigations

F Kerschbaum, A Schaad - Proceedings of the 7th ACM workshop on …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
Social network analysis (SNA) is now a commonly used tool in criminal investigations, but
… We consider the case where multiple investigators want to collaborate, but do not yet have …

Applications of social network analysis to managing the investigation of suspicious activities in social media platforms

R Rawat, V Mahor, S Chirgaiya, AS Rathore - Advances in Cybersecurity …, 2021 - Springer
Social network analysis (SNA) finds such links using concepts … A significant contact tool is
social networking sites. … “target” or focus of the investigation is accused of having an immoral …

Social network analysis applied to criminal networks: recent developments in Dutch law enforcement

PAC Duijn, PPHM Klerks - Networks and network analysis for defence and …, 2014 - Springer
… offers police analysts special training in Social Network Analysis (SNA), aimed at applying
this additional analysis tool in both criminal investigations and strategic intelligence projects. …

The analysis of criminal and terrorist organisations as social network structures: a quasi-experimental study

ED Mainas - International Journal of Police Science & …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
… software tools to measure and visualise empirical networks of … There is ample evidence of
social network analysis (SNA) … network analysis been conducted during the investigation. The …