Financial crime is a global issue that has a significant impact on Australia’s society and economy. Related offences come in different forms (e.g. bribery, corruption, fraud, money laundering) and are committed by different actors, with various motivations. The different sectors involved range from small businesses to large banks and from the real estate to the […]
In-person event Financial crime poses many challenges and affects a multitude of sectors, in Australia and globally. As offenders become more sophisticated, new vulnerabilities emerge, and law enforcement has to adapt. While the criminal justice responses have been swift and emphatic in some sectors, they have been cumbersome and lethargic in others. Variations in criminalisation […]
Beyond Punishment Seminar: Are the aims of sentencing realised in practice? In-person event Much ink has been spilled over what the proper aims of sentencing should be, and it seems that different aims have become more or less prominent over time. The rehabilitative aim gave way to more retributive approaches in the 1970s in many […]
