• E4J University Module Series: Firearms

• Module 8: Criminal Justice Response

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • International and national legal framework
  • Firearms related offences
  • Role of law enforcement
  • Firearms as evidence
  • Use of special investigative techniques
  • International cooperation and information exchange
  • Prosecution and adjudication of firearms trafficking
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

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• First published in April 2020
  

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   This module is a resource for lecturers   

Core reading

This section provides a list of materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.

• Arsovska, Jana (2014). ‘Introduction: Illicit Firearms Market in Europe and Beyond’. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 20 (3), 295-305.
• Ducquet, Nils and Kevin Goris (2018). Firearms acquisition by terrorists in Europe Research findings and policy recommendations of Project SAFTE. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute.
• EUROPOL (2018). Illicit Firearms Trafficking. The Hague: Europol.
• Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2015). Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts. Geneva: Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.
• Savona, Ernesto and Marina Mancuso (eds) (2017). Fighting Illicit Firearms Trafficking Routes and Actors at European Level. Final Report of Project FIRE (www.fireproject.eu), Milano: Transcrime – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ©.
• Terril, Richard (2016). World Criminal Justice Systems. A Comparative Survey. Anderson. 9^th Edn., New York: Routledge.

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