Fostering criminal justice cooperation to build strong institutions, partnerships, and resilient communities.
Our researchers explore the causes and conditions of organised crime and corruption and work towards durable solutions to prevent and suppress transnational crimes ranging from drug trafficking, smuggling of migrants, corporate crime to trafficking in persons, wildlife crime, and money laundering. They bring together experts from government, international organisations, industry, the judiciary, and the legal profession to exchange experiences and develop solutions that drive policy change and law reform at national, regional, and international levels.
Explore our featured projects, highlighting groundbreaking research and innovations in legal aspects of Transnational and organised crime.
Child Protection Law
This study analysed child protection decisions in Queensland since 2007, focusing on judicial perspectives on current issues in child protection law. Four key themes emerged: inadequate legislative orders, power imbalances between parents and the Department, confusion about harm and risk standards, and unclear parents' appeal rights.
Transnational Organised Crime programme
The Transnational Organised Crime programme is a research and learning network established in 2018 by the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) the University of Vienna (Austria) and the University of Zurich (Switzerland). In 2022, the University of Cologne (Germany) and the University of Ferrara (Italy) joined the programme. Bringing together a global network of emerging and established scholars to work collaboratively within a structured research and learning framework, this programme aims to produce high-quality research outcomes on topics relating to transnational organised crime. Since its inception, the programme as examined topics ranging from wildlife trafficking, gambling and organised crime, and firearms trafficking, to cybercrime and trafficking in cultural artefacts.
The non-fatal strangulation offence as a response to domestic violence
Reviewing the application and experience of the non-fatal strangulation offence as a response to domestic violence. This is crucial given that many women escaping domestic violence report non-fatal strangulation from their past partner.
What works to address Child Exploitation Material offending?
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