Transnational Criminal Justice
About the Book Series
The concept of ‘transnational criminal justice’ has frequently been interpreted in the academic literature as ‘international criminal justice’ or ‘global criminal justice’. Many publications that use the term ‘transnational’ therefore discuss international criminal justice and international legal frameworks. Another form of studies that has developed under the umbrella of transnationality in the field of criminal law is comparative. There has hence been a move from the terminology of ‘international’, ‘global’ and ‘comparative’ criminal justice towards ‘transnational’ criminal justice.
This series considers these developments, but focuses primarily on publications that adhere to a more literal interpretation of the term ‘transnational’. The aim of the series is to provide a forum for discussion of bilateral and multilateral relationships between nations in the field of criminal justice. International law influences these relationships, but is not the focus here. Equally, to explain transnational relationships, comparative analyses are required. While incorporating comparative studies in this series, their aim is the explanation of challenges to criminal justice cooperation in bilateral or multilateral relationships.
Saskia Hufnagel is a qualified German legal professional and accredited specialist in criminal law. She currently works as Lecturer in Criminal Law at Queen Mary University of London. She previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University, Australia, and was a Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Leeds. Her main research areas encompass law enforcement cooperation in Asia, North America, the EU and Australasia, comparative constitutional and human rights law with a focus on terrorism legislation and emergency management and the policing of art crime. Her monograph Policing Cooperation Across Borders: Comparative Perspectives on Law Enforcement within the EU and Australia (Ashgate) was published in 2013. Saskia was awarded an LL.M. (2004) and a PhD in Law (2011) by the Australian National University.
Cultural Property Crime and the Law: Legal Approaches to Protection, Repatriation, and Countering Illicit Trade
1st Edition
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By Michelle D. Fabiani, Kate Melody Burmon, Saskia Hufnagel
January 30, 2026
This book explores innovative approaches to using and operating within and around both criminal law and civil law in the detection, investigation, and restitution of illicit cultural property. The volume brings together a wide range of authors who research and work in combatting cultural property ...
Organised Crime, Criminal Procedure, and Prisons: Prosecuting and Punishing Organised Criminal Groups
1st Edition
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By Andreas Schloenhardt, Bettina Weißer, Monika Stempkowski, Gian Ege
June 20, 2025
This book explores a range of topics relating to the prosecution and trial of organised crime and the punishment, especially imprisonment, of members of organised criminal groups. Organised crime poses particular challenges to the criminal justice system. While much of the attention of ...
The Transnational Crime of Human Trafficking: A Human Security Approach
1st Edition
By Maria O'Neill
April 14, 2025
Human trafficking is a multi-faceted crime. It suffers from definitional and implementation problems. One facet, the focus of this book, is the transnational nature of much of the crime, and the need for practitioners to operate across borders to combat it. Europe has taken a distinctive approach ...
Extradition and Political Crimes: The Use of the Political Offence Exception in Europe
1st Edition
By Sibel Top
February 17, 2025
This book examines the evolution and current application of the political offence exception clause to extradition in Europe. The long-standing academic exploration of terrorism has recently given way to renewed interest in the political offence exception to extradition, prompted by recent events ...
Global Perspectives on Cultural Property Crime
1st Edition
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By Michelle D. Fabiani, Kate Melody Burmon, Saskia Hufnagel
May 27, 2024
This book provides transnational insight into cultural property crimes and the cutting-edge work tackling issues ranging from currency crimes to innovative research methods. The volume brings together authors from a number of fields to address contemporary issues and advances in the fight against ...
Policing Global Regions: The Legal Context of Transnational Law Enforcement Cooperation
1st Edition
By Saskia Hufnagel
August 01, 2022
This book provides a stocktake and comparative socio-legal analysis of law enforcement cooperation strategies in four different regions of the world: the European Union (EU), North America, Greater China and Australasia. The work analyses law enforcement cooperation mechanisms within the ...
Policing Transnational Crime: Law Enforcement of Criminal Flows
1st Edition
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By Saskia Hufnagel, Anton Moiseienko
February 01, 2022
As the threats posed by organised crime and terrorism persist, law enforcement authorities remain under pressure to suppress the movement, or flows, of people and objects that are deemed dangerous. This collection provides a broad overview of the challenges and trends of the policing of flows. How ...
Assets, Crimes and the State: Innovation in 21st Century Legal Responses
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By Katie Benson, Colin King, Clive Walker
September 30, 2021
Organised crime, corruption, and terrorism are considered to pose significant and unrelenting threats to the integrity, security, and stability of contemporary societies. Alongside traditional criminal enforcement responses, strategies focused on following the money trail of such crimes have become...
Confinement, Punishment and Prisons in Africa
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By Marie Morelle, Frédéric Le Marcis, Julia Hornberger
May 11, 2021
This interdisciplinary volume presents a nuanced critique of the prison experience in diverse detention facilities across Africa. The book stresses the contingent, porous nature of African prisons, across both time and space. It draws on original long-term ethnographic research undertaken in both ...
Criminal Networks and Law Enforcement: Global Perspectives On Illegal Enterprise
1st Edition
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By Saskia Hufnagel, Anton Moiseienko
March 31, 2021
This collection presents an analysis of illicit networks and discusses implications for law enforcement and crime prevention. The contributors draw on a range of methodologies and apply them to diverse international criminological settings, from illegal fishing in the Indo-Pacific to ‘money mule’ ...
Terrorism, Criminal Law and Politics: The Decline of the Political Offence Exception to Extradition
1st Edition
By Julia Jansson
March 31, 2021
Recent atrocities have ensured that terrorism and how to deal with terrorists legally and politically has been the subject of much discussion and debate on the international stage. This book presents a study of changes in the legal treatment of those perpetrating crimes of a political character ...
Police Cooperation and Sovereignty in the EU: Norway’s Lessons for Europe
1st Edition
By Synnøve Ugelvik
June 30, 2020
The State and the police are traditionally seen as closely connected phenomena. Today, however, rapid EU legal developments mean that European police forces are no longer tied to a specific national legal context or a specific territory in the way they used to be. Norway is not a member of the EU. ...