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Samantha Bricknell

Research Analyst

Contact details

Tel: (02) 6260 9289
Fax: (02) 6260 9201

Academic qualifications

• PhD (Australian National University)
• BA/BSc (Hons 1) (Australian National University)

Selected employment

2006-	Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology
2004-2005	Lecturer (part-time), Australian National University
2001-2006	Analyst, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Current areas of specialisation/expertise

• Environmental crime
• Firearms
• Recorded crime: violent and property crime

List of major projects current and past

• Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing research program
• Environmental crime
• National Firearms Monitoring Program / National Firearms Theft Monitoring Program

Publications (most recent)

Australian Institute of Criminology publications

• Bricknell S, McCusker R, Chadwick H & Rees D 2012 Money laundering and terrorism financing risks to Australian non-profit organisations. Research and public policy series no. 114.
• Bricknell S 2011 Misuse of the non-profit sector for money laundering and terrorism financing. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 424. Canberra: AIC.
• Bricknell S 2011. Firearm theft in Australia 2008–09. AIC Monitoring Report no. 16. Canberra: AIC.
• Bricknell S 2010. Environmental crime in Australia. Research and public policy series no. 109. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Bricknell S 2010. Firearm theft in Australia 2007–08. Monitoring report no.8. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Bricknell S 2008. Firearm theft in Australia 2006-07. Monitoring report series no. 02. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
• Bricknell S 2008. Criminal use of handguns in Australia Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice, no. 361. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
• Bricknell S 2008. Trends in violent crime Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice, no. 359. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
• Bricknell s & Mouzos J 2007. Firearms theft in Australia 2005-06 Research and public policy series, no. 82. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Conference presentations

• Bricknell S 2012. The nature of environmental crime in Australia. Presentation to the Australian National Environment Enforcement Summit: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra, 29 February
• Bricknell S 2011. Bricknell, S ‘Understanding the nature and extent of environmental crime’, Presentation to the AELERT Second Tier, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra, 8 February
• Bricknell S 2010. What is environmental crime and how much is happening in Australia? Paper to Following the proceeds of environmental crime: fish, forests and filthy lucre conference, Wollongong, 22–23 February.
• Bricknell S 2009. Understanding environmental crime: what the literature tells us about dynamics, motives and regulatory control. Paper to Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology conference, Perth, 22–25 November.