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