The Dark Web: Unfiltered

Scott H. Belshaw, Ph.D., is Professor of Criminal Justice and Security Studies at the University of Dayton and former chair of the department. A U.S. Navy veteran of Operation Desert Storm, he spent years as a Harris County probation officer and later owned a Texas-licensed investigative and mitigation firm appointed in capital cases—including work on the Anthony Allen Shore defense. At the University of North Texas he founded the Cyber Forensics Laboratory, trained law enforcement in digital evidence and dark-web investigation, and served as President of the Faculty Senate. He is the author or co-author of The Tourniquet Killer (with Matt DeLisi), Galveston’s Vice, Galveston’s Maceo Family Empire, The Widow Next Door and the Caretaker’s Shadow, and the textbooks Introduction to Criminal Justice and Criminal Justice Ethics. His research on cybercrime, corrections, and juvenile justice has appeared in Crime & Delinquency, American Journal of Criminal Justice, and Criminal Justice Review. He lives and writes in Ohio.