Rate My Professor Andrew Childs

Childs has produced 12 peer-reviewed publications, accumulating over 345 citations. His highly cited works include "#Drugsforsale: An exploration of the use of social media and encrypted messaging apps to supply and access drugs" (Moyle et al., 2019, International Journal of Drug Policy, 274 citations), "Evolving and diversifying selling practices on drug cryptomarkets: An exploration of off-platform ‘direct dealing’" (Childs et al., 2020, Journal of Drug Issues, 61 citations), "Do online illicit drug market exchanges afford rationality?" (Childs et al., 2020, Contemporary Drug Problems, 26 citations), "Beyond the dark web: Navigating the risks of cannabis supply over the surface web" (Childs et al., 2022, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 40 citations), "‘I guess that’s the price of decentralisation…’: Understanding scam victimisation experiences in an online cryptocurrency community" (Childs, 2024, International Review of Victimology, 19 citations), and "The platformisation of illicit drug markets: How datafication, technological affordances, and platform-mediated labour practices shape illicit drug markets" (Childs, 2025). He has contributed to research on returns fraud, the distribution of fake vaccine certificates, and policy submissions on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing. Childs' scholarship advances understanding of online criminal behaviors, risk navigation in illicit digital spaces, and the evolution of cyber-dependent crimes.