This project is an exploration and understanding of the organisational culture of An Garda Síochána – Ireland’s National Policing organisation, based on a PhD project completed in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin in 2020. There has been very little academic research on who and what this organisation is.Continue reading “An Garda Síochána: Culture, challenges and change – Courtney Marsh”
Category Archives: International criminal law
Soon no one will be allowed to keep our data (and that’s not good news) – Gert Vermeulen
The tension between privacy law and criminal law is a ticking time bomb. Under pressure from Europe, the legislative framework related to which communication data companies are allowed to retain about us is threatening to collapse. In other words: without that framework, data retention becomes impossible. A good thing for our privacy, but at theContinue reading “Soon no one will be allowed to keep our data (and that’s not good news) – Gert Vermeulen”
Rights of accompanied children in asylum proceedings: the challenges of a holistic approach and high quality decision-making – Ellen Desmet
When children’s rights and state sovereignty meet in migration law, their relationship becomes fraught with tensions. This could be a key reason why 15 of the 16 communications on which the CRC Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted views pursuant to Article 10(5) of the Optional Protocol providing a Communications Procedure (CRC OP3), concern theContinue reading “Rights of accompanied children in asylum proceedings: the challenges of a holistic approach and high quality decision-making – Ellen Desmet”
Are we buying more drugs thanks to the internet? #darkweb – Charlotte Colman
You can buy drugs on the street, from a dealer, from friends. Or, in the year 2021, through the dark depths of the internet: the dark web. How difficult is it to order drugs from your armchair? How does it work? Who are the buyers? What do the police know about it? And doesn’t thisContinue reading “Are we buying more drugs thanks to the internet? #darkweb – Charlotte Colman”
Welcome at Crime@UGent!
Welcome on the first blog post of Crime@UGent. Through this blog, we want to tell you more about the research of our young and senior researchers who are member of the IDC Crime, Criminology and Criminal Policy. This way, we try to inform as many people as possible about these instructive researches. What is IDCContinue reading “Welcome at Crime@UGent!”