Out of control? Using STAMP to model the control and feedback mechanisms surrounding identity crime in darknet marketplaces

Ben R Lane; Paul M Salmon; Dennis Desmond; Adrian Cherney; Adam Carley; Adam Hulme; Neville Stanton

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103223

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Out of control? Using STAMP to model the control and feedback mechanisms surrounding identity crime in darknet marketplaces

Ben R Lane, Paul M Salmon, Dennis Desmond, Adrian Cherney, Adam Carley, Adam Hulme and Neville Stanton

Applied Ergonomics, Vol.89, pp.1-11

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103223

PMID: 32755741

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Darknet

Systems theoretic process analysis

Identity crime

Darknet marketplaces have emerged as a facilitator of identity crime and trading. This study aimed to (1) understand the entities and control and feedback mechanisms that influence identity crime prevention and occurrence on the darknet in the Australian system and to (2) comprehensively identify the implications of control failures across all system levels. The Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) was used to develop an identity crime control structure in consultation with subject matter experts and then the Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) was applied. The STPA identified 310 risk states, resulting from control failures and which were associated with the range of agencies, organisations, and individuals present across system levels. As darknet marketplaces rapidly evolve, alignment between these entities is necessary to enable agile system responses. STAMP and STPA have promise in understanding the potential for intervention across all system levels in preventing societal issues such as identity crime. •Identity crime occurs within a complex sociotechnical system.•Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis detected numerous risk states that enable crime.•Alignment between systemwide actors would permit agile responses to identity crime.•Systems analysis provides insight into interventions points across a system.

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Title: Out of control? Using STAMP to model the control and feedback mechanisms surrounding identity crime in darknet marketplaces
Authors: Ben R Lane (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Dennis Desmond (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Adrian Cherney (Author) - The University of Queensland
Adam Carley (Author) - Department of Home Affairs
Adam Hulme (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Neville Stanton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Publication details: Applied Ergonomics, Vol.89, pp.1-11
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103223
ISSN: 1872-9126
PMID: 32755741
Grants: A new complex systems approach to road trauma: Applying systems thinking to the fatal five, FT140100681, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Optimising illicit dark net marketplace interventions, LP160100277, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99474908402621
Output Type: Journal article

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