Organised crime and its transnational dimension is a persistent threat with the very real potential to undermine the rule of law and the security of Australia. In 2016, the Australian Institute of Criminology and the Australian National University established the Organised Crime Research Forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from around the country to present and discuss their work. The purpose of the Forum was to raise the profile of a pressing global and domestic crime problem and to forge research partnerships between law enforcement agencies and the university sector. This collection of papers, presented at the second national Organised Crime Research Forum, draws on the insights and experiences of organised crime researchers to contribute to the evidence base needed to adapt and develop ever more effective responses to the threat of organised crime.
Contents
Part I: Undertaking organised crime research
- Chapter 1: The state of organised crime research in Australia
Professor Roderic Broadhurst, Dr Adam Masters, Dr Russell G Smith and Dr Rick Brown - Chapter 2: A network perspective on fusion
Associate Professor Chad Whelan and Associate Professor David Bright - Chapter 3: Can we forestall terrorism and frustrate organised crime by means of metadata retention?
Professor Rick Sarre - Chapter 4: The who, not the what - analysing public knowledge on organised criminals
Dr Adam Masters
Part II: Understanding how organised crime groups operate
- Chapter 5: Insiders versus outsiders - alternative paths to criminogenic knowledge
Douglas MC Allan - Chapter 6: Responding to organised crime through intervention in recruitment pathways
Dr Russell G Smith - Chapter 7: Disengagement from involvement in organised crime - processes and risks
Dr Kaylene Douglas and Dr Russell G Smith
Part III: Exploring relationships between organised crime and other criminal activities
- Chapter 8: Organised crime and terrorism nexus - implications for Australia: a research note
Dr Rolando Ochoa - Chapter 9: Nexus between unreported and unregulated fishing and other organised maritime crimes
Dr Jade Lindley - Chapter 10: Criminal innovation and illicit global markets - transnational crime in Asia
Professor Roderic Broadhurst - Chapter 11: The international darknet drugs trade - a regional analysis of cryptomarkets
Associate Professor James Martin, Dr Jack Cunliffe, Dr David Decary-Hetu and Professor Judith Aldridge
Part IV: Policing and responding to organised crime
- Chapter 12: Developing and applying a Queensland Crime Harm Index - implications for policing serious and organised crime
Professor Janet Ransley, Professor Kristina Murphy, Professor Susanne Karstedt, David Bartlett, Lucy Forrester and Maurice Carless - Chapter 13: Impact of ballistic evidence on police investigations into organised crime
Anthony Morgan and Penny Jorna - Chapter 14: Effectiveness of anti-money laundering obligations in combating organised crime with particular reference to the professions
Associate Professor David A Chaikin - Chapter 15: Third party co-production of cybersecurity
Dr Lennon YC Chang, Dr Lena Y Zhong and Professor Emeritus Peter Grabosky