About the Global Crime Justice Security (GCJS)

The aim of GCJS is to promote self-funded exceptional research with impact and contribute towards research-led teaching, knowledge exchange activities, the provision of appropriate training and closer collaboration between academia and stakeholders. 

GCJS is organised into five broad research clusters that reflect members’ expertise and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. We are committed to establishing the group as a recognised UK hub for legal research, securing major funding, producing high-impact outputs such as publications, policy reports and public engagement, and building strong partnerships with academics, practitioners, NGOs and government bodies. At the same time, we foster a creative, supportive environment that encourages diverse and excellent research.

Our research group explores law, justice, and social reform across national and international contexts. Our collective expertise spans banking and insolvency in India, transnational organised crime in small states and the legal responses to this, fraud, and money mule networks, examining how global financial systems intersect with local vulnerabilities.

We also lead interdisciplinary research on the protection of domestic abuse victims and improving justice outcomes for neurodivergent people. Our work in Deaf Legal Studies, minority rights, the safeguarding of sex workers, and court reporting and broadcasting promotes accessibility, inclusion, and transparency within legal systems. 

The group's areas of activity include, but are not limited to, criminal justice, organised crime, cyber security, financial crime and terrorism. 

The activities of GCJS include undertaking library-based and empirical research; reacting to new strategies at a local, regional, national and international level; and responding to legislative and policy proposals by the government, European institutions and other international agencies. Group members also support various courses in the field from undergraduate to postgraduate level, notably:

• Financial Crime and Regulation (LLB Year 3 option)
• Commercial Law (LLB Year 2 option)
• International Financial Crime (LLM module)
• International Banking and Finance Law (LLM module)
• Sexual Offences and Offending (LLB Year 3 option)
• Criminal Procedure and Punishment (LLB Year 2 option)
• Organised Crime and Criminal Justice (LLB Year 3 option)

Members of the GCJS Research Group have obtained research funding from several sources including the European Commission, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the Economic and Social Research Council, ICT Wilmington PLC, the City of London Police, Universities South West, France Telecom Group, the Socio-Legal Studies Association and Cancer Research UK.