Outputs (40)

International criminal tribunals as triggers of institutional change? (2025)
Journal Article

The current article examines whether international criminal tribunals (ICT) can be regarded as actors of international relations, which trigger domestic policy changes in countries under their jurisdiction. Drawing on the concepts of ‘third party enf... Read More about International criminal tribunals as triggers of institutional change?.

Damage to and the destruction of the natural environment: Terraforming warfare in Gaza and the humanitarian imperative informing accountability for ecocentric crimes (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

This contribution considers the significant and well-recorded environmental damage in Gaza, following Israel’s full-scale military operations that started in October 2023. It is argued that, in the absence of ecocentric legal frameworks, war crimes l... Read More about Damage to and the destruction of the natural environment: Terraforming warfare in Gaza and the humanitarian imperative informing accountability for ecocentric crimes.

Institutional and substantive responses to economic and transnational organised crime: An African regional perspective (2024)
Book Chapter

Corporate conduct can have devastating effects on the social, governance, and economic systems of states and regions. The drafters of the Malabo Protocol of the African Union opted to include corporate criminal liability as a mode of liability, thus... Read More about Institutional and substantive responses to economic and transnational organised crime: An African regional perspective.

Tax Evasion and the Law: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and USA (2024)
Book

Following the global financial crisis, and a number of tax evasion scandals, there has been an increased public demand for countries to tackle tax evasion. In response, the past two decades have seen the diffusion of international cooperation in tax... Read More about Tax Evasion and the Law: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and USA.

The role of race in the conceptualization of South African apartheid as a crime (2024)
Book Chapter

Race is an element and key concept in atrocity crimes such as genocide and apartheid. The construction of race as an element of the crime of apartheid in the paradigmatic case study of South Africa is investigated in this chapter, taking into account... Read More about The role of race in the conceptualization of South African apartheid as a crime.

Money muling in higher education institutions (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine

Researchers at Cardiff University, the University of the West of England and Reading University investigated the money laundering risks to which Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and their students are exposed, as well as how HEIs address identifi... Read More about Money muling in higher education institutions.

Panel discussion: Preparing for and managing increased enforcement measures - Establishment of the new national fraud squad, collaborative structures, resources, recruitment and training, and effective delivery (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Failure to prevent fraud – What impact will the new offence have on UK companies? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In November 2020, the Law Commission were asked by HM Government to undertake a review of the law on corporate criminal liability. In June 2022, the Law Commission published its Options Paper, which suggested the introduction of a new corporate offen... Read More about Failure to prevent fraud – What impact will the new offence have on UK companies?.

Fraud and businesses in the South West: Risks and recent developments (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The theme of this event will be 'Fraud and Businesses in the South West: Risks and Recent Developments' and will feature a talk from an external speaker from the South West Fraud Forum (SWFF) and Dr Samantha Bourton from UWE Bristol Law School.... Read More about Fraud and businesses in the South West: Risks and recent developments.

Universities and their students are vulnerable to money laundering – new research (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine

Decolonisation pedagogy as method (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Decolonisation pedagogy can serve as a method to address the legacy of colonialism in Africa in an organic way. This is also the case for interrogating the methods, content and approaches in international criminal law as a discipline.

Apartheid as a crime against humanity (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Apartheid is a crime against humanity, yet no person has ever been prosecuted for this crime. In 2021 two individuals were indicted in South Africa for the crime of apartheid. This is an historic first in the country which gave the policy of aparthei... Read More about Apartheid as a crime against humanity.

COVID-19 and crimes against humanity (2023)
Book Chapter

Death and serious harm to physical and mental health caused by COVID-19 affect not only the protected interests underlying various crimes under domestic law (notably murder, other homicide offences and assault), but can also be analysed in the contex... Read More about COVID-19 and crimes against humanity.

Prosecuting the crime against humanity of apartheid. The historic first indictment in South Africa and the application of customary international law (2023)
Journal Article

Apartheid is a crime against humanity, yet no person has ever been prosecuted for this crime. In 2021 two individuals were indicted in South Africa for the crime of apartheid. This is an historic first in the country which gave the policy of aparthei... Read More about Prosecuting the crime against humanity of apartheid. The historic first indictment in South Africa and the application of customary international law.

Horizontal and vertical international co-operation in criminal matters: An African regional and sub-regional perspective (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter deals with the topic of mutual legal assistance as a means to combat international crime (including the core atrocity crimes) in Africa. It can be argued that effective mutual legal assistance modalities are imperatives of true Pan- Afri... Read More about Horizontal and vertical international co-operation in criminal matters: An African regional and sub-regional perspective.

Challenges in policing financial crime (2022)
Book Chapter

Law enforcement efforts to disrupt financial crime rest on a myriad of crime control policies which are designed outside of the interests of enforcement bodies. Neglecting to recognize the lived experiences of frontline officers threatens the effecti... Read More about Challenges in policing financial crime.

The practice of pre-trial detention in England & Wales - Changing law and changing culture (2022)
Journal Article

Pre-trial detention empowers criminal courts to imprison defendants before they have been convicted of an offence. This is a significant power which should be subject to a rigourous decision-making process. A 2016 study of pre-trial detention practic... Read More about The practice of pre-trial detention in England & Wales - Changing law and changing culture.

Released under investigation: High time to bail out (2022)
Journal Article

Prior to the Policing and Crime Act 2017, the provision of bail was set out by the Bail Act and refined by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE). Bail provisions changed under the Policing and Crime Act 2017, which created a presumption ag... Read More about Released under investigation: High time to bail out.

Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’ (2022)
Journal Article

In the latest in a series of interviews with leading figures involved in the research and investigation of organised crime, Policing Insight’s Chris Allen spoke to Dr Amber Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of the West of Eng... Read More about Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’.

The past and present of transnational organized crime in America (2021)
Book Chapter

This fully revised new edition provides a definitive and holistic overview of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) in a world in which right wing populism has gained ground, trade wars are increasing, climate change is a reality and Covid poses a chal... Read More about The past and present of transnational organized crime in America.