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Dissertation / Doctoral Study

Landress, Heath Nicholas, "Child Protective Services Workers' Decision Making and Risk Management" (2024). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 16143. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/16143

Landress, H. N. (2026). Identifying Symbolic Modeling of Grooming Precursors in Social Media (Order No. 32791504). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Walden University; ProQuest One Academic. (3367605382). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/identifying-symbolic-modeling-grooming-precursors/docview/3367605382/se-2

Peer Reviewed

Landress, H. N. (2026). The Youth Online Exploitation–Extremism Interface: A Conceptual Framework for Anti-Trafficking Identification and Digital Child Protection. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2026.2725237

Landress, H. N. (2026). Nihilistic violence aesthetics in public online communication. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 20, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.5590/JSBHS.2026.20.1828

Current Manuscripts Under Review

Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Online Communication

 

Landress, H. N. (2026). Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Public Online Communication: A Non-Predictive Theoretical Framework for Interpreting Hybridized Violent Signaling. Manuscript under review (Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression)


Pre-Print: Landress, H. N. (2026). Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Public Online Communication: A Non-Predictive Theoretical Framework for Interpreting Hybridized Violent Signaling (Version 2). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21924841


Child Welfare & Risk Assessment


Landress, H. N. (under review). Surfacing and Ranking the Forces That Shape Frontline Practice: A Step-by-Step Force Field Analysis Within a Quasi-Delphi Design for Assessing Risk Assessment and Decision-Making Among Child Protective Services Workers. Manuscript under review (Journal of Public Child Welfare)


Pre-Print: Landress, H. N. (2026). Surfacing and Prioritizing the Forces That Shape Frontline Practice: A Two-Stage Force Field Framework for Child Protective Services Risk Assessment and Decision-Making (Version 2). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23022977


Using Force Field Analysis to Strengthen Child Welfare Risk Assessment: A Practice Framework for Supervisors and Administrators. Manuscript under review (CWLA)


Trauma-Informed Administration


Landress, H. N. (2026). The SAFE Milieu Framework: A Conceptual Architecture for Trauma-Informed Administration in Specialized Residential Care. Manuscript under review (Developmental Child Welfare)


Pre-Print: Landress, H. N. (2026). The SAFE Milieu Framework: A Conceptual Architecture for Trauma-Informed Administration in Specialized Residential Care (Version 1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20399784


Youth Online Exploitation


Landress, H. N. (2026). Coercion, Forced Sexual-Material Production, and Network Context in Youth-Facing Online Exploitation Records: An Exploratory Structural Test of the YOEEI Framework. Manuscript under review (Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology)


Pre-Print: Landress, Heath, Coercion, Forced Sexual-Material Production, and Network Context in Youth-Facing Online Exploitation Records: An Exploratory Structural Test of the YOEEI Framework (June 09, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6908338 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6908338


Symbolic Modeling & Grooming Precursors

 

Landress, H. N. (2026). Identifying Symbolic Modeling of Grooming Precursors in Social Media. Manuscript under review (Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences)


Pre-Print: Landress, H. N. (2026). Identifying Symbolic Modeling of Grooming Precursors in Social Media (Version 1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21513869


Nihilistic Violent Extremism

 

Developing a Source-Verified Dictionary of Nihilistic Violent Extremism: Methods, Taxonomy, Contextual Boundaries, and Research Implications. Research article manuscript under review (Perspectives on Terrorism)


Pre-Print: Landress, Heath. Developing a Source-Verified Dictionary of Nihilistic Violent Extremism: Methods, Taxonomy, Contextual Boundaries, and Research Implications (August 29, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7380778 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7380778


Qualitative Research & Aesthetics


Platform Aesthetics and Relational-Risk Cues in Short-Form Relationship Advice. Manuscript under review (American Journal of Qualitative Research)

 

 

White Papers

H. N., L. (2026). Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Public Online Communication: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Hybridized Violent Signaling. A research-informed white paper for researchers, practitioners, and policy audiences. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20185872

Landress, H. N. (2026). White Paper: The Youth Online Exploitation–Extremism Interface. A conceptual framework for anti-trafficking identification and digital child protection (Version 1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20421646

Landress, H. N. (2026). Identifying Symbolic Modeling of Grooming Precursors in Social Media (Version 1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21513869

Pre-Prints

Landress, Heath. Context-Calibrated OSINT Content Analysis: A Baseline-Referenced Method for High-Risk Online Research (August 20, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7329619 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7329619

Landress, H. N. (2026, August 28). NVE Dictionary. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22136966

Landress, H. N. (2026). The Youth Online Exploitation–Extremism Interface: A Conceptual Framework for Anti-Trafficking Identification and Digital Child Protection (Version 1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20601017

Landress, Heath. Testing the Aesthetic-to-Risk Framework: A Protocol for Qualitative Multimedia Content Analysis of Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Public Reddit Posts (May 13, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6766698 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6766698

Landress, H. N. (2026). Documenting Youth-Facing Online Harm in Nihilistic Violent Extremism: A Secondary Qualitative Document Analysis of Public Incident Records. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6819878

Landress, H. N. (2026). Identifying symbolic modeling of groominprecursors in social media [Preprint]. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/ve9q6_v1

Article Contributions

Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

Between Meme Culture and Warning Behaviour: Interpreting Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Online Extremist-Adjacent Spaces. https://gnet-research.org/2026/07/13/between-meme-culture-and-warning-behaviour-interpreting-nihilistic-violence-aesthetics-in-online-extremist-adjacent-spaces/

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